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

A common way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant purslane is to check out the USDA zone info for Menominee.

Planting Calendar for Purslane

Frost tolerance for purslane:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

You can plant purslane slightly earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant purslane in Menominee is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant purslane and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your purslane may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your purslane indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Menominee may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Menominee last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your purslane in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Menominee

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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