The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant cucumbers in Mokena can be determined by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Cucumbers

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

It's probably not a good idea to plant cucumbers until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant cucumbers in Mokena 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 cucumbers and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your cucumbers may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your cucumbers indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Mokena is an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Mokena it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your cucumbers if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mokena

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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