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When to Plant Asparagus lettuce in La Vista, NE

Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of estimating when it's possible to plant asparagus lettuce is to use the USDA zone info for La Vista.


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.

It's not a good idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

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A good time to plant asparagus lettuce
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant asparagus lettuce
Probably not a good time to plant asparagus lettuce

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in La Vista 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 grow to maturity. If you are starting your asparagus lettuce indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in La Vista. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -15°F.

Since the USDA zone info for La Vista is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in La Vista it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for La Vista

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.

Plants to Grow in La Vista

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