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.

In Cumming you can determine when it's possible to plant snow peas by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Snow peas

Frost tolerance for snow peas:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Snow peas tend to make it in pretty solid cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Cumming 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 snow peas and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your snow peas may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your snow peas 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 Cumming. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Cumming may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Cumming it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your snow peas if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Cumming

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Cumming

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