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.

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant snow peas is to use the USDA zone info for Westfield.

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 quite a bit of cold which means that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Westfield 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. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Westfield. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Westfield is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Westfield there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your snow peas in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Westfield

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

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

Plants to Grow in Westfield

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