What Grows in Sherrodsville, Ohio

USDA Zones 6b · 202 acres

Sherrodsville, Ohio, sits in USDA hardiness zone 6b — room for a real mix of vegetables, fruit, and perennials matched to the local frost calendar.

Expect cabbage, hazelnut, lavender, and collard greens to be strong candidates here; the deciding factors on any one parcel stay local — soil, sun, and drainage.

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Sherrodsville — the short answer

Sherrodsville, Ohio: USDA zone 6b, about 207 days between hard freezes, across 202 acres of town.

USDA zone
6b
USDA PHZM 2023
Last hard freeze (28°F)
Apr 12
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
First hard freeze (28°F)
Nov 5
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Days between freezes
~207
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, 28°F — this town
Town area
202 acres
US Census TIGER/Line 2025

Every figure names the dataset it came from. Hard-freeze dates are this town’s own 28°F normals: light frosts run a few weeks past them, and tender transplants usually wait 2–3 weeks after the last hard freeze.

Hardiness Zone Range

6b6b
3a (Cold)13b (Hot)
Your USDA zone 6bSee the zone map →

Zone 6b is Sherrodsville's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Sherrodsville's 207-day season, see what your own ground reads.

Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.

What this means for growing in Sherrodsville

Each reading below is measured for Sherrodsville itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.

Season length

Measured

Sherrodsville runs about 207 days between hard freezes — a long growing season.

There is slack for succession plantings and slow-finishing crops: many vegetables can be sown twice, and the heat-lovers have time to ripen fully.

Plan a second sowing of quick crops after the first comes out, and use the fall window most gardeners let sit idle.

Making the most of a long season

NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals

Winter hardiness

Measured

Sherrodsville sits in USDA hardiness zone 6b.

The zone sets which perennials, shrubs, and fruit trees live through an average winter here — a plant rated for a colder zone is a safe bet, one rated warmer needs winter protection or gets treated as an annual.

Match perennials and fruit to the zone before you buy, so nothing you plant is a gamble against the cold.

How hardiness zones work

USDA PHZM 2023

The kind of country Sherrodsville is in

Sherrodsville sits in the Western Allegheny Plateau — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Sherrodsville's own centroid rather than borrowed from Carroll County.

What that means for soil

What Grows in Sherrodsville

Every plant below cleared Sherrodsville's own zone 6b and its 207-day season. Each card opens that plant's Ohio profile. How we score.

cabbage, photograph
Growing cabbage in OhioZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
hazelnut, photograph
Ohio hazelnut guideZones 4–9Sherrodsville's 6b — 2 zones of cold margin.
lavender, photograph
Lavender in OhioZones 5–8Sherrodsville's 6b — 1 zone of cold margin.
collard greens, photograph
Collard greens: Ohio growing notesZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
blackberry, photograph
Growing blackberry in OhioZones 5–8Sherrodsville's 6b — 1 zone of cold margin.
California poppy, photograph
Ohio california poppy guideZones 6–10Sherrodsville's 6b is its exact cold limit.
garlic, photograph
Garlic in OhioZones 2–10Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
blueberry, photograph
Blueberry: Ohio growing notesZones 3–8Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Turkish rocket, photograph
Growing turkish rocket in OhioSherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~90 it needs.
kale, photograph
Ohio kale guideZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
pawpaw, photograph
Pawpaw in OhioZones 5–9Sherrodsville's 6b — 1 zone of cold margin.
angelica, photograph
Angelica: Ohio growing notesZones 4–9Sherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~120 it needs.
lentil, photograph
Growing lentil in OhioZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~70 it needs.
okra, photograph
Ohio okra guideZones 2–12Sherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~50 it needs.
potato, photograph
Potato in OhioZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
iris, photograph
Iris: Ohio growing notesZones 3–10Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
sunflower, photograph
Growing sunflower in OhioZones 2–11Sherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~70 it needs.
lilac, photograph
Ohio lilac guideZones 4–10Sherrodsville's 6b — 2 zones of cold margin.
hops, photograph
Hops in OhioZones 3–8Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
hosta, photograph
Hosta: Ohio growing notesZones 3–8Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
French marigold, photograph
Growing french marigold in OhioSherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~50 it needs.
Apache plume, photograph
Ohio apache plume guideZones 5–11Sherrodsville's 6b — 1 zone of cold margin.
Virginia creeper, photograph
Virginia creeper in OhioZones 3–9Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
tulip, photograph
Tulip: Ohio growing notesZones 6–8Sherrodsville's 6b is its exact cold limit.
American elm, photograph
Growing american elm in OhioZones 3–9Sherrodsville's 6b — 3 zones of cold margin.
Ethiopian mustard, photograph
Ohio ethiopian mustard guideZones 4–10Sherrodsville's 6b — 2 zones of cold margin.
Kentucky bluegrass, botanical illustration
Kentucky bluegrass in OhioZones 2–7Sherrodsville's 6b — 4 zones of cold margin.
Douglas fir, photograph
Douglas fir: Ohio growing notesZones 4–10Sherrodsville's 6b — 2 zones of cold margin.
alfalfa, photograph
Growing alfalfa in OhioZones 2–10Sherrodsville's 207 days clear the ~100 it needs.
Indian grass, photograph
Ohio indian grass guideZones 4–9Sherrodsville's 6b — 2 zones of cold margin.

Is it too late to plant in Sherrodsville?

Almost never — the real question is what to plant next. Cool-season crops can go in from around Mar 15; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Apr 12 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Nov 5 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. With a season this long, “too late” mostly means “switch crops” — second sowings and a full fall garden are the norm, with garlic closing the year.

Documented around Sherrodsville

Spotted lanternfly documented 27 miles from Sherrodsville, first recorded 2023. What to watch for.

What's on the federal record near Sherrodsville

Closest first, within ~10 miles of Sherrodsville. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.

  1. RIDGE PUMP AND SUPPLYUnderground Storage Tanks · 250 ft
  2. JIM ROMIG EXCAVATINGBrownfields · 1500 ft
  3. CIRCLE K #5665Underground Storage Tanks · 2000 ft
  4. BAXTER'S GENERAL STOREUnderground Storage Tanks · 2200 ft
  5. GETGO #3387Underground Storage Tanks · 0.8 mi
  6. ORANGE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEESUnderground Storage Tanks · 1.2 mi
  7. SPEEDWAY #9161Underground Storage Tanks · 1.5 mi
  8. SPEE-D-FOODS #28Underground Storage Tanks · 1.9 mi
  9. DOMER INC *Brownfields · 2.1 mi
  10. YOUNG VOLVOUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.3 mi
  11. CANTON SOUTH BELLSTORESUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.3 mi
  12. NORTH CANTON TRAVEL CENTERUnderground Storage Tanks · 2.4 mi

6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map

Measured from Sherrodsville's center, not your beds. Run your own address for what's upwind of you specifically.

Environmental Intelligence

The counts behind that headline — every source type on the record near Sherrodsville.

Total Sites

197

within ~10 miles of Sherrodsville

Risk Level

Elevated

Highest-severity

2 Superfund sites (none NPL-listed)

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Underground Storage Tanks121Brownfields59Toxics Release Inventory14Superfund2PFAS1

Sources Checked

within ~10 miles of Sherrodsville

Severity Distribution

within ~10 miles of Sherrodsville

High0Moderate44Low153

Highest-Severity Sites

Alliance Country Club
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Atwood Deli Ltd
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Baxter'S General Store
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Canton South Bellstores
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)
Carroll County Airport Authority
Underground Storage Tanks · Open UST(S)

A note from Gnorman

What an experienced grower watches for around here

In and around Sherrodsville, two things run higher than the national average within ~10 miles of Sherrodsville — Toxics Release Inventory (14 sites) and Underground Storage Tanks (121 sites). That's not a problem with your land — it's information about it.

Toxics Release Inventory: TRI facilities report annual chemical releases to air, water, and land.

Underground Storage Tanks: Underground storage tanks are the single most common source of soil contamination near homes and gardens.

Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.

Use raised beds with imported soil — this eliminates the primary soil-contact pathway.

grow under coverread your soil before you plantbuild up with a clean-soil raised bedSee what's flagged near Sherrodsville
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Your land is one point inside Sherrodsville

Everything above resolves to Sherrodsville as a whole — one PHZM band and one 28°F frost record, read across 202 acres. Your parcel is one point inside that footprint. Slope, tree cover, a low spot that pools cold air, and what is in the soil are all resolved at the address, and none of them are visible at town scale. That is the honest boundary of this page, and the reason the next step is a reading of your own ground rather than a better local average.

Your Lot vs the Sherrodsville Average

Sherrodsville Average

  • ●USDA Zones 6b, averaged across Sherrodsville
  • ●One soil character for all of Sherrodsville
  • ●Frost dates read at Sherrodsville's scale: Apr 12 to Nov 5

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  • ✓Your exact zone, not Sherrodsville's 6b
  • ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
  • ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D

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Three things about your lot that Sherrodsville averages can't show:

Your soil pHYour frost-free days — Sherrodsville averages 207Your sun & shade

We read public map data around Sherrodsville — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.

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How we know this about Sherrodsville

The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this town’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals at Sherrodsville’s own record; boundaries and acreage from US Census TIGER/Line 2025; the contamination records from the federal sources named in their beats above. Soil is not read at town grain anywhere on this page — there is no town-resolution survey in our data, which is why you will find no soil grid here rather than a statewide one wearing a local label. The resolution ledger below names every figure this page inherited.

Common questions about Sherrodsville

When does frost risk typically end in Sherrodsville?

The last hard freeze (28°F) in Sherrodsville typically lands around Apr 12, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — earlier than the light-frost dates most charts quote. That marks the hard freeze, not the last light frost — lighter frosts keep biting past it, which is why tender transplants here wait until about May 3.

When is the first frost in Sherrodsville?

The first hard freeze (28°F) in Sherrodsville typically arrives around Nov 5, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Oct 22, so the watching starts about Oct 6 — about 207 days after the spring freeze cleared.

How long is the growing season in Sherrodsville?

Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Sherrodsville sees about 207 frost-free days — roughly Apr 12 through Nov 5, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer May 3 to Oct 22, about 172 days.

Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Sherrodsville?

The federal record around Sherrodsville is a meaningful one — 197 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (121), the nearest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out — so a soil test before new food beds is a sensible precaution here, not a reason to hold back from growing. Remember that proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what sits where.

How do I protect my plants from frost in Sherrodsville?

From about Oct 6 the job here turns from planting to protecting — the last start even a 30-day crop can finish. As the season closes around the first 28°F hard freeze near Nov 5 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), three moves buy time: row cover or an old sheet over tender plants on still, clear nights; water the soil the afternoon before a freeze, so it holds warmth overnight; and harvest tomatoes, peppers and basil before Nov 5. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.

Everything above is measured at Sherrodsville's scale — its 6b band and its 207-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Sherrodsville's numbers: we read soil, sun, drainage and frost at your exact address. Try it for 14 days — no card required.

What this page reads at Sherrodsville’s own scale

7 of the readings below were taken at Sherrodsville's own scale — its own ~207-day season between 28°F freezes, the 202 acres it covers and 197 documented sites around it; 4 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.

Measured here

  • Sherrodsville's own USDA hardiness band, zones 6bUSDA PHZM 2023
  • Sherrodsville's own 28°F hard-freeze dates, about Apr 12 and Nov 5 and the ~207-day span between themNOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
  • 197 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Sherrodsville, the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
  • Sherrodsville's boundary and the 202 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
  • Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 6b and a ~207-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
  • The ecoregion at Sherrodsville's own centroid, the Western Allegheny PlateauUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
  • A documented spotted-lanternfly record within reach of Sherrodsvillelydemapr (De Bona & Helmus), 10 km survey lattice

Inherited from a wider read

  • Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Sherrodsville's 202 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Carroll County
  • Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Carroll County
  • The growing challenges every Ohio grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Ohio
  • Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Carroll County

What this page can’t tell you

  • The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Sherrodsville's 202 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
  • Which side of Sherrodsville you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 202 acresreading your own microclimate →
  • How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Underground Storage Tanks record under a tenth of a mile out, measured from the town centrehow we read the record →
  • Where cold air settles, which slopes face the sun, and which way the wind runs on your own ground — measured at your address, and averaged away by any Sherrodsville-wide figureread your own land →
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