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.

A common way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant green beans is to check out the USDA zone info for Fitchburg.

Planting Calendar for Green beans

Frost tolerance for green beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

It's not a good idea to plant green beans until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant green beans in Fitchburg 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 green beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your green beans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your green beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Fitchburg. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Fitchburg is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Fitchburg it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your green beans if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fitchburg

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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