One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant peanut in Mount Carmel by looking at the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Peanut

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

Since peanut require warm weather you must wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant peanut in Mount Carmel 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 peanut and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your peanut may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your peanut indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Mount Carmel. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

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

USDA Zone Info for Mount Carmel

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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