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.

In Lafayette you can determine when you can plant asparagus lettuce by reviewing the USDA zone info.

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

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Lafayette 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 grow to maturity. Starting your asparagus lettuce indoors is a great way to get them started a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Lafayette. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Lafayette is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lafayette you get a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lafayette

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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