One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

A way of determining when it's the best time to plant string beans is to look at the USDA zone info for Fenton.

Planting Calendar for String beans

Frost tolerance for string beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

You should not plant string beans until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant string beans in Fenton 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 string beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your string beans may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your string beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Fenton. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Fenton is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Fenton there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your string beans in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Fenton

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.

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