One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant asparagus lettuce by referring to the USDA zone info for Susanville.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

Frost tolerance for asparagus lettuce:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since asparagus lettuce require warm weather it's important to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Susanville is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your asparagus lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Susanville the average date of last frost happens on April 15. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Susanville is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Susanville you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your asparagus lettuce if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Susanville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Susanville

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