Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can determine when it's the best time to plant asparagus peas in Fontana by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus peas

Frost tolerance for asparagus peas:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Asparagus peas are moderately cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus peas in Fontana is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant asparagus peas and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your asparagus peas may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your asparagus peas indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on January 31 in Fontana. It might get as low as 30°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Fontana is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Fontana there is a last frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your asparagus peas if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fontana

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 Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°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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