When Is Your REAL Last Frost Date? | The Results May Surprise You!

Curious about when your last frost date actually is? You may be surprised! In this video, we'll reveal the results of our research and give you some helpful tips for planting based on your region's last frost date. Don't miss out on this crucial information for successful gardening!
CHAPTERS:
0:39: 🌱 Exploring last frost dates in South Georgia and the discrepancies between online information and real data.
3:06: 🌡️ Analyzing historical weather data to determine average last frost date for better gardening planning.
6:22: 🌱 Analysis of historical last freeze temperatures reveals mild conditions, prompting early planting for warm-season veggies.
9:10: 🌱 Optimal planting times vary for different vegetables based on soil temperature and heat preferences.
12:06: 🌱 Optimal planting strategy for hybrid squash and cucumber varieties with disease resistance.
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[@Vulcan16-cy7ie]

Please remember that frost and freeze dates can be different. Frost can occur at Temps of 36°. Just something to be aware of. Thanks for the great videos. You have helped me in so many aspects of gardening.

[@blackpearlmetal6319]

You should have millions of subscribers!!!!

[@charlenejutras1595]

On a trip to the North Georgia mountains a few years ago, I bought some tomato starts from and old-timer. He said and I quote, "April 15th- pay your taxes and plant your maters" . I live in suburbs of Atlanta and this has worked for me so far.🙂

[@SilkiesPb]

The weather here is always a toss up. Like last night, this should have been our last frost so fingers crossed!

[@billybass6419]

Sometimes I get wiped out with frost, but this it's Mar 20th, and my tomatoes are almost a foot tall and no frost in the forecast for at least the next 30 days. I can't help myself. I've tried, but when it gets warm in mid February, I start planting.

[@DebRoo11]

Up in the north we have to wait till June 1st

[@lwp9067]

Consider that early planting may be impacted by cooler soil temperatures- even in South Georgia. I bought a soil thermometer to record soil temperatures in my garden in zone 8b Texas.

[@robineggblue-bp3rq]

My potatoes sprouted and half got frost bit this past week. The ones I didn’t cover. The ones I did cover are beautiful.

[@debbienielsen368]

Travis, i'm watching this on Monday, March 18th and tonight we will be getting down to 29 degrees! And I'm in central Arkansas! I've always heard to wait until after Easter to plant outside. And I take advice from my uncle because he's been gardening for over 70 years! I really enjoy your channel and advice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@SgtSnausages]

Easter is unreliable. It moves every year. It can be as early as Mar 22 and as late as April 25. More than a month's difference.

[@becky3086]

I have never even looked up our last frost date. When I first came to GA from NH, I just planted when the frosts were over. Over the years here I found that some stuff needed me to plant earlier. After 36 years now I can pretty much just tell when it is warm enough. One year I planted in February, most years I didn't. We've moved now and I have a much sunnier garden. I wanted to be a better gardener so I looked up our last frost date and it said sometime in April! I just laughed and went back to my "I'll plant when it feels right" guide.

[@marthakemp127]

Looking back at my 2023 garden journal; I planted green beans, corn, squash and cucumbers on March 6. Outstanding performance on all. I hesitated this year because I relied on the almanac data for Sylvania GA and have not planted anything but potatoes and herbs. Of course the tomato seeds were planted in February and most of the seedlings are ready to go in the ground. I'll get the vegetable seeds in the ground this weekend, including okra and corn.

[@GardenersPOV]

Awesome video, thanks! I loved seeing data from your area. I don't think most gardeners understand that when they hear "average last freeze date" that there's roughly a 50/50 chance one might need to replant or at least cover everything and pray. At a minimum, the average doesn't convey any information on how likely a freeze might be prior to or after that date. Here in central Texas, the last freeze date posted by most weather stations corresponds to the 70th percentile (or date at which there's a 70% chance the last freeze will have occurred), which is a more conservative estimate. In our area, that's an 8 day difference (March 3 =50%, March 11= 70%). We'd need to wait to March 24th for 90% chance of missing the last freeze. Keep up the great content!

[@johnturner8043]

as inportant as frost date are for planting discision, heat units- degree days can also affect planting decisions . in zone 8b if i plant a tomatoe seed march 15 it may come up in 10-21 days, if i plant april 1 it may come up 7-14 days, if i plant april 15 it may emerge in 7 days and so by middle of may it may popup in 5 days. same with 6 week old plants started in greenhouse, a april 1 tomatoe plant may bloom about the same time as may1 plant. the old growers who taught me did not call it degree days or talk about heat units but did think planting before it had wamed up right was a mistake. ( that was a source of disagreement for some)

[@CliffWarren]

Last year here in Idaho we froze on June 22nd. Yes, in summer. Over the past six years we've frozen 3 times in June. We have to take a completely different approach. If it's going to freeze, break out the giant tarps! If you can protect it, you can plant it.

[@zippy1078]

Hey Travis. I live off Cannon Rd a couple miles away from you. I listen to the old timers and people with experience like you when deciding when to plant taters. However, this year, after the old timers told me to plant on Valentines day, a certain man who "wears a yellow hat" said he was waiting until March, so since I value his experience, I also waited until March 6th. They are doing great and I've hilled them three times already but I wonder if I should have listened to the old timers. The more I think about it, the man who wears the yellow hat was spot on huh? You guys are a hoot! Stay dirty my friend lol.

[@tommathews3964]

27 here last night (3/19) in N Central Bama. Hope that’s about it, but wouldn’t be surprised if we got another blast later. That old “Easter/Good Friday planting” thing has always been a head scratcher to me since those dates can vary considerably from year to year! I’m more of an April Fool’s guy! 😎😂 (or a week later!)

[@dennisryan7500]

We watch 2-week weather forecast once we get close to our frost-free date, which is April 22nd this year. And we look at more than one long range forecast. Sometimes they still miss. We usually try to push the time by planting some tomatoes by mid April but under row cover. Try to plant green beans and sweet corn by mid April, Other warm season crops are planted by soil temp.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

We are going to have a frost tomorrow night the 19th if the weather people are right. I've not planted anything that a frost would kill, still have it all in a small greenhouse. I planted taters in early January and they are beautiful and knee high. I also planted a different variety February 15th and they are about 4 to 5 inches tall. Those January potatoes should have a good chance to make a good harvest before the heat zaps them. Was in zone 8B but now in zone 9A in southeast Alabama.

[@williamcobb1408]

I live in East Central GA and I always just use March 20 as a date to calculate by.

[@user-di3vy1hd4h]

Some places calculate frost not freeze date, which is anything below 36. This could explain the wide differences from the various sources of data. Here is south central texas (9a) in order to get a good crop of spring tomatoes we need to risk it (plant then protect) so we can get a few tomatoes before the severe heat hits. I start extra tomato and pepper plants to replace plants that do not make it. If the weather cooperates I give the extra to my neighbors.

[@papawsplace]

32 degrees tonight in North East Louisiana. 3-18-24 This should be the last freeze for us. I hope anyways. LOL After the last 3 years, I'm back to waiting on Easter to plant any warmer weather plants. My pecan trees lied to me last year. LOL

[@cynthiamartinez5884]

Here in central Oklahoma a lot of people say to wait until either Easter or tax day. Some say they play it safe and wait until end of April or even May. That's fine for the heat loving plants that can grow all summer but it's also a gamble since the heat can take some plants out. I'm more specifically talking about tomatoes. I watch the forecast closely this time of year to decide when is the soonest I can plant tomatoes with plans to cover in case we get an unexpected freeze. I've gardened here long enough to know delaying planting tomatoes in a warmer year could mean little to no harvest. I feel safe to plant tomatoes when I don’t see anymore 30s in the forecast. I was like you and wanted hard data to go by and looked up historical temps for the last decade. Half were in March and half in April ranging from 3/4 to 4/24.

[@karencovington9960]

I live in central Alabama….Zone 8 A. I go by the historical avg frost date of March 15. Today is the 18th and we are supposed to go down to 28. Hope this is the last frost. I have tomato and pepper seedlings that are about ready to put in the ground.

[@leightodd7335]

Nice discussion for any gardeners. USDA zones are averages and as always Location Location Location! We in Oklahoma are blessed to have a system of weather stations with a great system to easily get this type of information. It's called Mesonet. There's at least one for each county and most have two. They also have great info like soil temps at different depths, moisture, ph maps, rain fall, etc. Remember it's a average people! lol But the stores would be happy to sell you a tomato plant several times! lol

[@joeyharris67]

West central Louisiana checking in. We plant corn & potatoes on Feb 14th rain or shine. But we do usually get that Easter snap every year but normally it's not bad. Last year that Easter snap decimated our mulberrys and huckleberrys... Watermelons in the ground by March 15th irregardless

[@brianrhubbard]

Fayetteville Nc, 3/15 planted based on local airport records. They keep detailed records plus 10 day forecast for weather channel gives an idea.

[@shadyfieldhomestead1974]

I planted our corn in February last year in south Alabama and we got hit with freezing temperatures down in the 20’s in March. I was for sure we lost all the corn. Well I was busy and never pulled them or started over. Went back out there later and the corn took off. That ended up being our best year of corn ever. All the big farmers around here always start their corn in February. Corn seems to do really well against the cold.

[@sislertx]

Yeah..i ran outnof seeds..orded feom harris itnwas 4 weeks getting here..now i thing its roo late to start to miss the heat.

[@mutantryeff]

I already had to put up my shade cloth over my main raised bed garden. That is earlier than normal but we've already exceeded 80F.

[@lauriecampbell1586]

I check the 14 day forecast every day along with the last frost. I don't usually plant my tomatoes till mid April. Zone 8a

[@mcmpistachio]

Remember that average last frost only covers 50% of the possible outcomes. I did the same thing with some lines of code and calculate 1 standard deviation which gets me a date with only a 16% chance of frost after my calculated date. A few more lines of code and I could have my own garden planting app. Oh and when I apply the standard deviation to the absolute lows from each year I'm a 5b when the new USDA map has me listed as a 7a.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Same here when we are talking about grow zones. We are in 5b, Maine, not 7a Virginia. And grow zones ONLY apply to perennials. Almost everything you grow in a veg garden is an annual. And too many people seem to think grow zones also correlate southern to northern regions, latitudes. Here's an example. I am subbed to another channel that lives on the west coast of northern England, coast line facing the Irish Sea, latitude 54. (rounded off) grow zone 8a. Moultrie GA, 8a, latitude 37, if I recall, is Zone 8a. That is a variation 17 degree difference equaling almost 1200 miles apart north to south. He has 17+ hours of daylight on the summer solstice. And yet, he can't grow sweet potatoes, basically because it isn't warm enough, long enough in the Summer. But it doesn't get any colder in the winter than Moultrie GA. I bet I just probably confused a whole bunch of people trying to make a point that makes, for most vegetables anyway, irrelevant. Sorry. And mcmpistachio, I think your coding analysis is valid, as well as Travis' is. Checking, or knowing from experience, actual recorded temps, from say the last 10 years or so is going to give a person a better chance of getting it right when it comes to gardening. That and knowing your plants, (cold hardy/tender), and soil temps. Coldest last frost date recorded for my immediate area is May 26th, yet one of the seed companies listed on this video would have me, in a normal year, trying to dig a hole on April 1st. Ain't happening. Good luck in your gardens all.

[@tonyajackson8827]

Mother’s Day is a BIG planting day here in IL!

[@lindanewton2450]

Don't forget your soil temperature . I live by the coast and I measure the temp.and most vegtable are good to grow when the temp are around 70 degrees. But I have found looking at the water temp is the soil temp the same

[@kittiew260]

When it stops snowing lol & ground can be worked, cole crops 1st. Summer crops average soil temperature around 50 degrees no frost warning

[@sherrylingenfelter8991]

I look at the averages but also the long range forecasts.

[@MK-zi7ym]

THANK YOU!

[@NealMiller-gk7uc]

The highest temperature a frost can occur is 42 degrees but the conditions have to be just right ie clear shies and no wind. So you have to be carful using the last freeze date ie 32 degrees.

[@debbienash4170]

Just hoping to get my garden in. My husband has been in and out of the hospital over the last few weeks. Currently in the hospital recovering from a GI bleed near a newly diagnosed poetic ulcer. Hoping he’s discharged soon and I can at least get the tilling done. We’re in the NE Georgia mountains and I was planning to plant by mid April.

[@blondienewton4669]

Darlin, If I was closer, I'd come help you.

[@debbienash4170]

@@blondienewton4669 Thank you, that’s so sweet!!

[@cherylmackowiak3728]

Easter date changes each year so not understanding how anyone can use Easter as a guide. Also, I suspect the reason the differences reported is because it is a probability issue. If you go to National Garden Assoc. and look up last frost for your town they use NOAA data and provide dates based on temp (light vs harder frosts) and probability, as in 10% chance will have later dates than 40% chance, therefore the variety of dates given by different sources. All those sources are correct in a way. If you are a big risk taker and it’s easy to replant if you lose then choose the 40% date and if you don’t want the risk having to replant, then go with the later, or 10% risk date.

[@BirdieBlrrrd]

I planted tomatoes yesterday and said fuck it. Texas 8b/9a, yolo. I need em to shade out my greens :)

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I’m definitely basing my planting times on a few things: natures cues (are my pawpaws getting leaves back yet?) and the weather forecast as well as my own experience of good planting times from over the last few years. I learn every year a little better about how to read the cues from nature as to when it’s probably safe to plant out my beans, cucumbers, squash, melons, tomatoes and peppers, etc. the corn is still new to me but this is my second year growing it so hopefully I learned from last year. I know last year, end of May was too late for sweet corn and heat stressed the plants a bit too much. I tried a fall planting and did better but learned a few things then too. Hopefully this year will be better and more productive! Im loving planting in grow bags this year. Almost entirely. I even grew corn last year in grow bags. 🤷🏻‍♀️It just seems to work for me. My tomatoes will go in this this year too. We will see how it goes. My potatoes were planted mid February and 3rd week of February and most have sprouted up already and are growing well. Some are taking their time (they weren’t chitted though so I’m not surprised). What’s weird is I planted a sprouted russet back in December as a test or experiment and it came up in Mid February lol. It got a small frost a few days after emerging and it burned back the leaves but it’s recovered and is still growing. Crazy. I seriously have the best luck growing russets for some reason. Though to be fair, Yukon gold grows well too it just hasn’t sprouted up successfully as well as last fall. I mean the germination rate is much lower. Granted this spring I’m using store bought chitted potatoes vs the nearly 100% germ rate I got from the seed stock I got from Wood Prairie Farm so there’s that. My seed stock from that grow out wasn’t sprouting yet so I’ll just have to wait a bit longer. No doubt they’ll grow. This year is going to be fantastic for potatoes and beans and tomatoes so far it seems! Very exciting! Good luck to all you fellow gardeners out there this year! ☺️

[@2skyland]

I'm so glad you posted this video...I was just trying to deal this in for my area and was running into the same issue. It didn't take too long and was still better than spooning onions. 👍

[@JandJHomestead]

If you have the data, overlay the soil temperatures on the last frost dates.

[@cliffpalermo]

Last May had a frost here in southern MD. My last frost date is supposed to be 4/19

[@mountainman2434]

I'm in the mountains of VA and i go by the yellow morel mushrooms when they start popping it's go time

[@user-zo9ph3px9q]

Oklahoma, April 15. Almost always get an overnight frost. Then it’s over. I guess we’ll see as the times go by ……🐝

[@edmundhenderson6559]

I try to go by the soil temperature for whatever seed I'm planting. If it's too cold it doesn't matter what the date is. If it is warm enough it's worth a shot.

[@sharonh6872]

OMG! You are near Moultrie! We were at the big ag show in October for CNH a couple of years ago.

[@JDHood]

I just keep a garden diary. A few years ago, we (8b) would always get a freeze around Apr 20th (+/-). That's backed up a bit earlier in Apr. My strategy now is to begin checking the 10 day forecast on Apr 5th. As soon as I see no freezes for 10 days with a steady nighttime warming trend, it's go time!

[@kevinyoung9301]

Travis your seedless watermelon method it does work pretty well that was some good information.

[@user-mi4du9rd1j]

The last frost on our property comes 2 or even 3 weeks after the last frost in town, which is only 15 minutes away. We're a couple hundred feet higher in elevation overall than the town is, and our garden is down on bottom land close to the creek. Sometimes I have frost in low-lying areas and the soil is measurably warmer up on the hill. The shadow of the house in the morning means our front yard often gets frost when the garden area, which gets good morning sun as soon as it comes up, doesn't get frosty at all. Just a couple counties away in the next big-ish city to the south, they're always at least a month ahead of us in terms of things blooming and the last frost. That's an example of "it just depends." You have to keep track of what happens on *your* place, not some average, zone, website or handbook.

[@whitestone4401]

Here in Zone 6a, I’ve used Mother’s Day as a guide. It’s usually safe after that.

[@dvrmte]

Plant field corn when the white oak leaves are as big as a squirrel's ear. That's what I've heard most of my life and it goes for just about anywhere a white oak grows. White oak leaves generally get that big in late March here. Average frost day is the first two weeks of April. I plant sweet corn in early April along with other sensitive crops. My "official" zone is 7b. Elevation is around 880 ft.

[@user-di3vy1hd4h]

P.S. I love your channel. It is very informative and love your perspective on gardening.

[@marybaehr3700]

Easter and Mother’s Day are moveable feasts , different days on different years. Also, if your garden in a low-lying area, it may well have a last frost date that is significantly later from someone else’s garden down the road that is higher in elevation. No gardening or government website can take into account those types of fluctuations. Keep your own records, and remember that the AVERAGE last frost date means that HALF the time the frost is later!

[@EventHorizon34]

Here in North Mississippi we always have cold snaps in March. Heard my daddy always said wait until early April. Always had one of best gardens in or area. Plus I’ve noticed that it usually doesn’t get cold again when the pecan trees start budding. Definitely got to be some truth to that.

[@junecombs7043]

I live in south central ohio zone 7 I think? Mothers day was always the rule here but it's more like 1st week of May but we have ALOT of rain all of April and early May, you can't plant anything in mud but the raised beds we can plant.

[@MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn]

I live in NC zone7b. I have known it to frost as late as May 14th.

[@kirstmlarson1]

I always have to look soil temps in addition to frost. In OH, our ground can often stay much colder than warm season plants prefer.

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

I enjoyed this! I can’t think of putting most of those things in until the May 24 long weekend! I really should wait a little later for cukes and peppers, it can be a little cool for them in late May . I sure love those Supremo pickling cucumbers, I mean to grow them every year!

[@jarvismoore8320]

Suppose to be 27 tonight here in North Mississippi! These online websites are also all over the place with the onion growing maps as well! I even saw two different ones from DixonDales’s!

[@gregleach5833]

I have a last freeze many years around March 25 just right up the road from you . Usually 28-30 degrees .

[@BNOBLE.]

Thanks very much for the research and explanation. Here in central Florida we went from zone 9b to 10a and that makes the plant and seed companies put you in a "tropical zone" and it flags me when i try to order some things. We also have not been getting below 30 for the last few winters at all so i cant really use a planting calendar because i cant enter a true frost date. This is the first year i have had to consider when it is going to get too hot rather than when it will frost. Being right on the frost line every year is a real crap shoot and a 5 mph wind can take us from 40 deg to 30 deg. I took the University of Florida data for 20 years and am looking at days above 87 deg and days below 32 deg and trying to get a pattern that has consistency but it is all just a guess.

[@hdrider2071]

Im in central Alabama and we are having a freak frost tonight down to around 29 they say . Covered my plums and blueberries just in case

[@russbowman6801]

I use the cold frame and pot up tomatoes, etc. for a couple weeks before putting them out in the ground. They are longer then, so I can plant them deeper in the ground that way.

[@jeffengland1862]

I am 55 years old! I don’t know where I got this date from but I have always went by it. I live in East Tennessee. It stays cold forever here. My date has always been May 1!! Yes this late into the year!! For example last year I wrote down in my notes that it was in the upper 20’s on April 24!! It was a very slow to warm up spring last year!! Now this year is very different!! It’s been a lot warmer!! So maybe a little sooner on planting this year!! Another idea that I have realized is that our summer growing season lasts forever up here!! Yes it gets very hot but with water most summer plants do just fine!! I am writing more and more notes down every year about gardening!! Does and don’t of gardening for me!! Thanks good video!!!!

[@chrisfisher3900]

It may make me sound old which I guess is coming on faster than not but I have a mature mesquite in the field behind my house. It has never led my wrong,so if that bad boy pops a bud it’s full gas on gardening season.

[@amyschultz8058]

I'm in Virginia and looking online I saw various last frost dates as well. I guess we're a mixture of experience, advice from older folks and signs of nature. Our spring, is so unpredictable, I was told never plant before St Patrick's day, and put out potatoes on Saint Patrick's day. You can plant cool season stuff outside, once the daffodils bloom in full. Wait til late April early May for warm weather crops,. I was also brought up to know, when the redbud tree's bloom expect a cold snap, then again when the dogwoods bloom, it will get cold again, " the last winter" will be blackberry winter when blackberries bloom. Then be prepared cause it goes to hot. Our daffodils are in full bloom , so we just planted sugar snaps, potatoes ( on St.Pattys day) and onions, , our red buds are blooming now and yep its cold again.

[@jeffmartin693]

soil temp is valid info also.

[@shirleyn4677]

Okay, I saw this also that even sites for our area used historic data and erred on the side of being cautious. What I did go by was the current weather trend and the Almanac and found the probability of a late frost was low to nil. So, yes, I am also rushing to get warm season veg into my pots outside. Juggling the cool season crops that have not matured with the warm. I wanted to beat the heat and rainless summer come June which comes on too quickly. So far, still behind but plugging away!😂😊

[@OrioleHomestead]

Almanac site is the average of less than a 30% chance of frost of 32 degrees or less. It is not absolute last frost. Ours is May 9th on every site, but I know we have had frost or snow the last 3 yrs on May 20th. Which makes it hard as we can have snow on the 20th and be 90 and tornadoes by June 6. Also, my property drops 9 ft from front to back. So may not have frost in front yard but down along creek and garden have frost. So you have to know your microclimate above everything.

[@davidward1259]

Travis, funny thing is as this video came out, after a couple of weeks of "false spring" warm weather, our overnight temp here is forecast to be 29 degrees (McDonough, GA zone 8A). Quite a timely video. But I "think" this may be our last freeze/frost this season. My personal recollection is our last frost can be any time from this week to the first week of April. I do remember a frost/freeze one year around April 10th though. I just watch the 10 day forecast and factor that in with my "recollection", but usually April 1st is my main target date to start getting some warm season stuff in the ground. Peppers are a few weeks later.

[@Utah_Mike]

Typ last frost date is May 1st, zone 7a. I wait until Mother’s Day. 2023 June 3rd frost caught me unprepared.

[@dand7056]

Planting okra tomorrow after watching this.

[@pd8559]

Travis, are you able to put both graphs and tables into google docs format and share it on the channel - this video. That would let your viewers follow along and plug in their 15 years of data and then get to see both graphs then apply your planting advice to their local dates.

[@kendallblake4104]

Do yall grow asparagus? I think that would take off well for you and it’s “set and forget” pretty much

[@user-fj5kk1hi1r]

The National Weather Service states that frosts can occur at 36 degrees. This could be why your date calculation is different

[@victorandrews9790]

Forecast prediction of 27 degrees here tonight in No Middle Tn zone 7b!🥶🥶🥶

[@DesertRose808]

Iv e always just used the farmers almanac, never steered me wrong so far

[@LazyDogFarm]

I find it to be a little conservative. But if you're all about playing it safe, then it definitely does that.

[@aileensmith3062]

We try to be "intelligent" about our planting and the last frost. Went to different sites much like you. We are in Zone 7B. Generally we plant after the first of May to be safe. Last year we got a good frost on the tenth of May??? Our nemesis this year is our tomatoes. We started them from seed 22 days ago. Now we have a lot of them in the 8-10 inch tall category. So our plan is to putting them out April 20th. Time will tell I guess!

[@theimperfectpantry5936]

Wish I’d watched this before I planted my tomatoes. I went off the farmers almanac, planted my tomatoes and peppers 2 days ago and now they are covered with a tarp because it is 34 out there. I’ve these plants freeze, that I have been babying since January, I will be devastated. And also hostile. Good luck with yours.

[@C3Voyage]

Mine frosted and killed off my tomatoes and peppers at 36°F a few years ago. Hard lesson to learn for me.

[@theimperfectpantry5936]

@@C3Voyage oh no!

[@JMJWill]

Our chart in Piedmont area NC provides last frost date by % . I have a 90% that my last frost date is 20 April. However, May 20, 2024 26°. I rolled the dice on 20 April and 10% burnt me, oh well. It did kill some sweet potatoes that I planted 15 May.

[@michaelmosley254]

Just go by what the ground hog says he didnt see his shadow early spring

[@lyndasecrest2853]

I am in n 9a I planted my taters 2/1 they are budding

[@sislertx]

I think id rather knoe the heat timing

[@larryfleming2584]

😂I always wait on pecan trees

[@waynespringer501]

March 27th was your latest over 15 years. Easter this year is March 31st

[@tidalcreekfarm]

Having parthenocarpic cucumbers and squash allows us to cover plants with shade cloth or light reemay and keep out squash vine borers and pickleworm moths, both of which can torment me here in Charleston. This morning, 3/19 is the last cold air we will get, around 40. My summer garden is in full swing, tomatoes 2 feet tall and blooming, peppers with blossoms. Now the cucumbers and melons can go in. They are in 1 gallon grow bags and don't miss a beat when I transplant.

[@C3Voyage]

What parthenocarpic squash are you growing? I'm looking for a reliable one. I've tried a couple with poor fruit set.

[@Daddyo_farms]

I ordered some of your giant pumpkin seeds today when will you be starting yours

[@LazyDogFarm]

I don't know if I'm doing giant pumpkin this year. Maybe just giant butternut. But I need to get them going soon.

[@hopemorrison2367]

Hi Travis will you have any potatoe onions or the shallots forget the name this season

[@LazyDogFarm]

Prob won't have potato onions -- they don't seem to like our climate. But we will have more Louisiana Evergreen Shallots late this summer.

[@ScottFidler]

Easter can vary by a month. I can’t imagine a worse way to decide.

[@ScottFidler]

Also your chart is a freeze chart. Not a frost chart. Looking at that chart I wouldn’t plant before 3/19. Maybe a week before that for seeds

[@jamestboehm6450]

You shucking corn you best be feeding those worms and even overfeeding them. Takes a while to break down but the returns are magnificent.

[@Iluvchknz]

I’m don’t ever paying attention to my last frost date. I plant for when is my safe date.

[@texasjones9541]

Thanks for the video. That is a lot of great data to ponder. I just wing it here in South Texas 9a-9b ish. I try and plant squash early because I battle the squash vine borer. Pesky little things that make me look like a crazy gardener. Out swatting the moths during the day only to find I never win the battle. The next thing I see, frass and my poor plants are history. If anyone has some ideas on how to beat this pest, let me know. I think I have tried all the Google suggestions.😅 I have most of my stuff in the ground, just putting on the finishing touches. Having to replant some tomatoes, one area, something keeps stripping the leaves. I planted 30 tomatoes, so it's not a big deal. I do follow one rule on planting tomatoes. Temps need to stay above 50 at night consistently for 2 weeks before I plop them in the ground. But surprise last night was 48😅. I hope you and your family have a great gardening year.

[@jinga2535]

I have bad luck with borers too, here near Savannah. Last year I decided to plant just a few zucchini under a bug netting. When the flowers were ready, I hand pollinated. I managed to get a pretty good harvest! This year I’m doing that again and I’ll also be growing gourds. They are supposed to be similar to zucchini but not attractive to borers. If you like pumpkins, try Seminole. They are cucurbita muschata which are resistant to borers too.

[@texasjones9541]

​@@jinga2535Thanks, I may try some under bug netting as an experiment. Good luck to you on this years garden.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

I'm in Stone Mountain, GA. and it says my last frost date is April 1st. It sounds late, but right now at 12:59 AM it is 38 degrees. It's mostly been in the 40s and 50s at night lately, but I guess based on what I see tonight bein close to freezing it might still freeze one night before April. Speaking of potatoes; do you know where I can order good seed potatoes from? Tractor Supply won't ship them to my location.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We got ours from Wood Prairie Farm online. You can use the code "lazydogfarm" for a discount.

[@PlantObsessed]

I love data but I do plant by indicator species

[@billybass6419]

Do you have vine borers? Every time a squash vine peeks out of the ground here (Fla panhandle), 2 or 3 borers dig in. I've tried BT in and on the plants. Nothing works. A lady in Mississippi says to put hot sauce on the entrance hole. I intend to try that or maybe inject, but so far, it's my last hope. Since you had such good advice for getting rid of nematodes, I thought you might have something as easy for this.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We may get one or two in a row of squash plants. But we usually plant more than we need to account for any possible takedown.

[@pamelaupchurch1174]

Travis plants first. Then. I plant!

[@Abbey1718]

Danny and Wanda. Thank you for your videos. I have learned so much about raised bed gardening. We are at your age and bending over is becoming a thing of the past. I have been building treated wooden frames with tin sides and plan on adding to my beds Vego beds as we can afford them. I found you all about a year ago and working on past videos. Like you all, we have 2 properties, one in West GA and the other one in Wedowee, Alabama. The one in Alabama, has over a dozen Pecan trees on it, so big that you can't get your arms around. The other half of this property has even larger Black Walnut trees. We will probably end up on this property in a few years. Thank you again for the education and May God continue to bless you all! Jerry Brenner.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

This isn't Danny and Wanda's channel hon. It's a easy mistake if you watch several videos back to back.

[@blondienewton4669]

I live in Ohio (I know, I'm sorry too) but our weather is unpredictable. In the last few weeks, we've had a few 70 + degree days, followed by low temps and snow. I planted my radishes, and the poor things are now covered in snow. I think Ohio's weather is governed by Sibil, (those of us who are old enough to remember what movie I'm talking about know what I'm sayin) and I really think she needs to be medicated! Jus sayin.

[@dawnmuller8987]

Don’t you find that we can get frost even if the temperature is higher than freezing? I find I get a light to medium frost even in the mid 30s. I had a light frost at 37 degrees this year.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes it can happen. But I had to determine some type of temperature cutoff for the data I was getting. So 32 just made sense.

[@dancarter475]

I wait for pecan Leavea to get as big as a mouses ear

[@mikew8214]

Here in NC we say it won't frost after the dogwoods bloom. Not gonna be true this year, yet another false spring.

[@kellywaldrep1873]

I thought a "Frost" temp was between 33 and 38, not 32