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

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Albert Lea should be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Snow peas

Frost tolerance for snow peas:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Snow peas do ok in pretty solid cold which means that you can plant them much earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Albert Lea 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 snow peas and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your snow peas may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on May 15 in Albert Lea. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Albert Lea is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Albert Lea last frost occurs after May 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your snow peas if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Albert Lea

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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