One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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.

In Robertsdale you can determine when it's possible to plant millet by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

Since millet are not cold tolerant you really should wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Robertsdale 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 fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Robertsdale. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 15°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Robertsdale is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Robertsdale last frost occurs after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your millet if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Robertsdale

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

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