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.

A common way of getting a good idea when it's possible to plant melons is to look at the USDA zone info for Wanaque.

Planting Calendar for Melons

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

Since melons do not do well in cold weather you need to wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Wanaque. You should expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

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

USDA Zone Info for Wanaque

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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