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 possible to determine when to plant pole beans by checking out the USDA zone info for West Plains.

Planting Calendar for Pole beans

Frost tolerance for pole beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant pole beans until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant pole beans in West Plains 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 pole beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your pole beans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your pole beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in West Plains. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for West Plains is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in West Plains you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your pole beans if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for West Plains

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.

Plants to Grow in West Plains

You may be interested in your other planting guides for West Plains.