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.

The first chance to plant peanut in Bay City can be determined 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 when the weather gets warmer.

It's a bad idea to plant peanut until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant peanut in Bay City is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant peanut and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your peanut may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your peanut indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Bay City. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Bay City is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Bay City last frost occurs after February 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your peanut in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Bay City

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

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

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