The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant pole beans is to look at the USDA zone info for Inkster.

Planting Calendar for Pole beans

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

Since pole beans require warm weather you must wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant pole beans in Inkster 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 pole beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your pole beans may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your pole beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Inkster. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Inkster is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Inkster you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your pole beans in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Inkster

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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