Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. 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 a good idea to plant millet in Hillsboro by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Millet

Frost tolerance for millet:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably not a good idea to plant millet until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Hillsboro 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. Any later than that and your millet may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Hillsboro. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Hillsboro is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Hillsboro you get a frost after March 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your millet in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Hillsboro

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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