Should I wait for flower gardening or can I start now?
admin on March 29th, 2009
I live in TN. So, far we have had about 2 weeks of warm weather (60s & 70s) before spring even set in. Last year, our winter ended right around this time also unlike past decade where cold weather ( < 60F) would last through April. So, should I wait a little longer or can I go ahead and start my flower gardening now?
You can start now but the ideal weather will be around a month or month n a half away. I live in southern IN and started planting last week. For your state the zone is April thru or March thru June. I cant tell exactly on the map on the back of this seed pack but it looks like your safe to start planting now.
Wait until you are sure the weather will stay warm enough that an overnight frost is no longer a possibility. I think you are at least a month too early.
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You need to know your plant hardiness zone, so that you will know when you can plant. I figure that you are in 6B, but you may check to make sure.
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
http://www.garden.org/zipzone/index.php?img=seusa
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Ask a local gardening site; some have knowlegeable people and some don't. You can usually tell when they start answering your
questions or not???
Hope this helps.
I believe that you should wait a few weeks.
I am in zone 9, so everything is blooming. Unfortunately, some plants will not survive during the hot summer.
You should wait why spend all of that money and have a frost and lose all of the plants. Wait at least 4 more weeks.
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You can start now but the ideal weather will be around a month or month n a half away. I live in southern IN and started planting last week. For your state the zone is April thru or March thru June. I cant tell exactly on the map on the back of this seed pack but it looks like your safe to start planting now.
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