One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your 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 determine when it's possible to plant millet in Colleyville by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

You really shouldn't plant millet until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Colleyville 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 millet and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Colleyville. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Colleyville is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Colleyville there is a last frost after March 15 so always be ready to cover your millet if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Colleyville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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