Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to estimate your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Los Fresnos should be looked at to figure out when it's the best time to plant peanut.

Planting Calendar for Peanut

Frost tolerance for peanut:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost when the weather gets warmer.

Since peanut require warm weather you need to wait until after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant peanut in Los Fresnos is February. However, you really should wait until March 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. If you wait any later than that and your peanut may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your peanut indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on January 31 in Los Fresnos. You should expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Los Fresnos may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Los Fresnos you get a frost after January 31 be ready to cover your peanut in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Los Fresnos

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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