One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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 should be able to estimate when it's the best time to plant runner beans by using the USDA zone info for Spring Hill.

Planting Calendar for Runner beans

Frost tolerance for runner beans:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

Since runner beans are not cold tolerant you must wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant runner beans in Spring Hill 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 runner beans and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your runner beans may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your runner beans indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Spring Hill. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Spring Hill may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Spring Hill it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your runner beans in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Spring Hill

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Spring Hill

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Spring Hill.