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.

A way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant asparagus peas is to refer to the USDA zone info for La Puente.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus peas

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

Since asparagus peas do well in moderate cold you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus peas in La Puente 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else 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 few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in La Puente. 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 La Puente is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in La Puente last frost occurs after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to cover your asparagus peas if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for La Puente

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.

Plants to Grow in La Puente

You may be interested in your other planting guides for La Puente.