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.

A way of getting a good idea when to plant asparagus lettuce is to examine the USDA zone info for Canton.

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.

Since asparagus lettuce are not cold tolerant it is necessary to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Canton 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 all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Canton. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Canton is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Canton it frosts late in the year after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your asparagus lettuce if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Canton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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