When to Plant Asparagus lettuce in Forrest City, AR

One of the first steps you take when you are estimating 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.

You should be able to determine when it's the best time to plant asparagus lettuce by using the USDA zone info for Forrest City.


Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

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

It's not a good idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

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

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Forrest City 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 asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your asparagus lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Forrest City. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Forrest City is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Forrest City you get a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are ready to cover your asparagus lettuce in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Forrest City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low10°F
Highest Expected Low15°F

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

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