One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's possible to estimate when to plant millet by looking at the USDA zone info for Bernardsville.

Planting Calendar for Millet

Frost tolerance for millet:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

You really shouldn't plant millet until after the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Bernardsville 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 millet and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to fully mature. If you are starting your millet indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Bernardsville. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Bernardsville is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Bernardsville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your millet in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bernardsville

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.

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