The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Vandalia you can estimate when you can plant string beans by reviewing the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for String beans

Frost tolerance for string beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

Since string beans 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 string beans in Vandalia 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. If you wait any later than that and your string beans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your string beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Vandalia is not always accurate the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Vandalia you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your string beans if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Vandalia

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.

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