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 making a decision about when to plant cucumbers is to examine the USDA zone info for Freeport.

Planting Calendar for Cucumbers

Frost tolerance for cucumbers:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to plant cucumbers until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

The earliest that you can plant cucumbers in Freeport 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 cucumbers and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your cucumbers may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cucumbers indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Freeport. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 5°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Freeport is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Freeport it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your cucumbers in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Freeport

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Freeport

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