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.

One way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant guara is to check out the USDA zone info for Wichita Falls.

Planting Calendar for Guara

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant guara until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant guara in Wichita Falls 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 guara and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your guara may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your guara indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Wichita Falls the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Wichita Falls is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Wichita Falls you get a frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your guara in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Wichita Falls

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

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