On 2007-01-24, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
In article ,
"Peter F." wrote:

Alot of seed packages call for starting the seeds x amount of time before
the last frost. When does conventional wisdom in the triangle tell you that
date is, approximately of course? Thanks.

Hi Peter,
Around the first week in April, according to the NOAA:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/climate/...ing.freeze.gif

I got there by going to http://www.weather.gov/, then the local forecast
for Durham, then under "Additional Forecasts and Information" near the
bottom I clicked on "Local Climatology" and went to "Local
Data/Records".

I also see that last year's December was the 5th warmest since 1944.

There's a wealth of information there if you can find the wheat in the
chaff.

Cheers

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-13.html

Wake county is in the middle of a zone where the lower end is April 1
and higher range is April 15. This zone map is different from the
previous poster's. That interpolates to April 8 for Wake county. But
your location also affects when frost may kill. Lower spots tend to
frost when higher ones may be a few degrees warmer and miss the frost.
Shelter from the wind from trees or shrubs can affect frost also.

May 1 is the earliest day I will put a tomato or seed in the ground.

Experiment for yourself. Plant some at different times and see which
produce faster, longer and are less susceptible to disease.

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