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.

In Poolesville you can determine when it's possible to plant snap beans by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Snap beans

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

Since snap beans are not cold tolerant you must wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant snap beans in Poolesville 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 snap beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your snap beans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your snap beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Poolesville. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 0°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Poolesville is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Poolesville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your snap beans in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Poolesville

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.

Plants to Grow in Poolesville

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