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.

The USDA zone info for Lansing can be reffered to in order to figure out when you can plant perilla.

Planting Calendar for Perilla

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant perilla until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Lansing. You can expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Lansing is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Lansing it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your perilla if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Lansing

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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