One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of getting a good idea when it's a good idea to plant millet is to examine the USDA zone info for Maple Heights.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

Millet require warm weather which tells us that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Maple Heights 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. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Maple Heights. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Maple Heights is not always accurate the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Maple Heights it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your millet if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Maple Heights

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

Plants to Grow in Maple Heights

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Maple Heights.