One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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.

You will be able to determine when you can plant snow peas by looking at the USDA zone info for Emmaus.

Planting Calendar for Snow peas

Frost tolerance for snow peas:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Snow peas do well in pretty solid cold which means that you can plant them much earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Emmaus is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant snow peas and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your snow peas may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Emmaus. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Emmaus is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Emmaus last frost occurs after April 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your snow peas in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Emmaus

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.

Plants to Grow in Emmaus

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