One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

In Newark you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant millet by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

Since millet are not cold tolerant you have to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Newark 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 millet and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Newark. You should expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Newark is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Newark you get surprised by a frost after January 31 be ready to protect your millet if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Newark

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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