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

By checking out the USDA zone info for Danville it's possible to determine when it's possible to plant string beans.

Planting Calendar for String beans

Frost tolerance for string beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since string beans are not cold tolerant it's important to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant string beans in Danville is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant string beans and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your string beans may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your string beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Danville. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Danville is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Danville last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to protect your string beans in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Danville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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