The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's a good idea to determine when it's possible to plant asparagus lettuce by looking at the USDA zone info for Marshall.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

Frost tolerance for asparagus lettuce:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Asparagus lettuce are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Marshall 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 asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your asparagus lettuce indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Marshall. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Marshall may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Marshall it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Marshall

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.

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