One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

You will be able to determine when it's a good idea to plant millet by checking out the USDA zone info for Stanton.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant millet until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Stanton 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. If you wait any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Stanton. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Stanton is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Stanton there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your millet if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Stanton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

Plants to Grow in Stanton

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