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When to Plant Runner beans in Lake Havasu City, AZ

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of getting a good idea when it's a good idea to plant runner beans is to use the USDA zone info for Lake Havasu City.


Planting Calendar for Runner beans

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant runner beans until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant runner beans
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant runner beans
Probably not a good time to plant runner beans

The earliest that you can plant runner beans in Lake Havasu City is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant runner beans and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your runner beans may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your runner beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Lake Havasu City. You should expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Lake Havasu City may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Lake Havasu City it frosts late in the year after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your runner beans in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Lake Havasu City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)December 15
Lowest Expected Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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