One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Doylestown should be estimated by using the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

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

It's a bad idea to plant asparagus lettuce until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Doylestown 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 asparagus lettuce and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your asparagus lettuce may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your asparagus lettuce indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Doylestown. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Doylestown is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Doylestown it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Doylestown

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

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

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