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.

In Pevely you can determine when it's the best time to plant corn by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Corn

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

You should not plant corn until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Pevely. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Pevely is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Pevely it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your corn if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Pevely

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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