When to Plant Snow peas in Indian Trail, NC

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

In Indian Trail you can determine when it's possible to plant snow peas by using the USDA zone info.


Planting Calendar for Snow peas

Frost tolerance for snow peas: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Since snow peas do well in cold you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant snow peas
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant snow peas
Probably not a good time to plant snow peas

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Indian Trail is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant snow peas and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your snow peas may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Indian Trail. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Indian Trail is not always accurate the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Indian Trail you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your snow peas if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Indian Trail

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°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 10°F.

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