One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out 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.

In Tenafly you can figure out when it's a good idea to plant string beans by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for String beans

Frost tolerance for string beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

It's probably a bad idea to plant string beans until after all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant string beans in Tenafly 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 string beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your string beans may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your string beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Tenafly. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Tenafly is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Tenafly you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your string beans if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Tenafly

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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