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.

The USDA zone info for Crete can be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant asparagus peas.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus peas

Frost tolerance for asparagus peas:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant asparagus peas a bit earlier in the year because they do well in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus peas in Crete 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 asparagus peas and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your asparagus peas may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your asparagus peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Crete. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Remember that USDA zone info for Crete may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Crete it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your asparagus peas if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Crete

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-15°F
Highest Expected Low	-10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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