One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 Plant City you can determine when it's possible to plant scarlet runner beans by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Scarlet Runner Beans

Frost tolerance for scarlet runner beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Since scarlet runner beans are not cold tolerant you have to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant scarlet runner beans in Plant City is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant scarlet runner beans and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your scarlet runner beans may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your scarlet runner beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Plant City. You should expect an average low temperature of 25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Plant City is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Plant City there is a last frost after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your scarlet runner beans in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Plant City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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