The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening 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 Bountiful can be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant snow peas.

Planting Calendar for Snow peas

Frost tolerance for snow peas:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Snow peas do well in quite a bit of cold which means that you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant snow peas in Bountiful 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 snow peas and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your snow peas may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your snow peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on April 15 in Bountiful. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Bountiful is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Bountiful last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your snow peas if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Bountiful

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

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

Plants to Grow in Bountiful

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