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.

It's a good idea to determine when you can plant millet by looking at the USDA zone info for Coolidge.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant millet until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Coolidge 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. Any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your millet indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Coolidge. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Coolidge is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Coolidge there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to cover your millet in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Coolidge

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Coolidge

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