One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant asparagus lettuce is to use the USDA zone info for Tallulah.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

Frost tolerance for asparagus lettuce:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Tallulah 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 really do well. Starting your asparagus lettuce indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on March 15 in Tallulah. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Tallulah is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Tallulah last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to cover your asparagus lettuce in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tallulah

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Tallulah

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Tallulah.