Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Elkton you can estimate when it's possible to plant snow peas by looking at 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 are very cold tolerant which means that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Elkton 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 little bit earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Elkton. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Elkton is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Elkton you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your snow peas if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Elkton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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