One of the first steps you take when you are making a decision about 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 Walled Lake you can determine when you can plant zucchini by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Zucchini

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant zucchini until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant zucchini in Walled Lake 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 zucchini and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your zucchini may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your zucchini indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

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

USDA Zone Info for Walled Lake

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.

Plants to Grow in Walled Lake

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