When to Plant Asparagus lettuce in Belle Fourche, SD

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant asparagus lettuce is to check out the USDA zone info for Belle Fourche.


Planting Calendar for Asparagus lettuce

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

You really shouldn't plant asparagus lettuce until after the last frost because they require warm weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Legend 
A good time to plant asparagus lettuce
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant asparagus lettuce
Probably not a good time to plant asparagus lettuce

The earliest that you can plant asparagus lettuce in Belle Fourche is May. However, you really should wait until June 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 really do well. Starting your asparagus lettuce indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on May 15 in Belle Fourche. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Belle Fourche is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Belle Fourche it frosts late in the year after May 15 be ready to protect your asparagus lettuce in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Belle Fourche

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)September 15
Lowest Expected Low-25°F
Highest Expected Low-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

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