One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of determining when to plant corn is to consult the USDA zone info for Ville Platte.

Planting Calendar for Corn

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

You can not plant corn until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant corn in Ville Platte is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant corn and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your corn may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your corn indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Ville Platte. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Ville Platte is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Ville Platte you get surprised by a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your corn in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Ville Platte

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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