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.

You will be able to estimate when it's possible to plant millet by looking at the USDA zone info for Nixa.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

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

The earliest that you can plant millet in Nixa 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your millet may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Nixa. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Nixa is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Nixa last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your millet in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Nixa

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Nixa

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