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.

One way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant snap beans is to check out the USDA zone info for Stuttgart.

Planting Calendar for Snap beans

Frost tolerance for snap beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since snap beans are not cold tolerant you must wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant snap beans in Stuttgart 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 snap beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your snap beans may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your snap beans indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Stuttgart. You should expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Stuttgart is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Stuttgart there is a last frost after March 15 be ready to protect your snap beans in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Stuttgart

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 Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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.

Plants to Grow in Stuttgart

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