When to Plant Peanut in Sebastian, FL

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.

A common way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant peanut is to use the USDA zone info for Sebastian.


Planting Calendar for Peanut

Frost tolerance for peanut: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

You really shouldn't plant peanut until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant peanut
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant peanut
Probably not a good time to plant peanut

The earliest that you can plant peanut in Sebastian 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 peanut and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your peanut may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your peanut indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on January 31 in Sebastian. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Sebastian is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Sebastian it frosts late in the year after January 31 so just be sure to be ready to protect your peanut in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sebastian

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 Low30°F
Highest Expected Low35°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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