One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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.

It's a good idea to estimate when you can plant string beans by reviewing the USDA zone info for Gridley.

Planting Calendar for String beans

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

You can not plant string beans until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant string beans in Gridley 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 grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your string beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Gridley. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Gridley may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Gridley you get a frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your string beans if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Gridley

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.

Plants to Grow in Gridley

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