When to Plant Millet in Winfield, IL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can figure out when it's the best time to plant millet in Winfield by looking at the USDA zone info.

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Planting Calendar for Millet

Frost tolerance for millet: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably not a good idea to plant millet until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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A good time to plant millet
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant millet
Probably not a good time to plant millet

The earliest that you can plant millet in Winfield 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 millet and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Winfield. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Winfield is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Winfield you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so always be ready to protect your millet in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Winfield

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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