The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Park Ridge you can determine when it's possible to plant peanut by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Peanut

Frost tolerance for peanut:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant peanut until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant peanut in Park Ridge is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant peanut and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your peanut may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your peanut indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Park Ridge. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Park Ridge is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Park Ridge it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your peanut if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Park Ridge

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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