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.

A common way of figuring out when to plant asparagus peas is to check out the USDA zone info for La Crescent.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus peas

Frost tolerance for asparagus peas:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Asparagus peas are one of those plants that can tolerate a little bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus peas in La Crescent 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 asparagus peas and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your asparagus peas may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your asparagus peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in La Crescent. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -25°F.

Always keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is not always accurate because it is based on the USDA zone info for La Crescent and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in La Crescent it frosts late in the year after May 15 so always be ready to cover your asparagus peas in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for La Crescent

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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