One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. 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 Mukilteo should be looked at to determine when it's the best time to plant green beans.

Planting Calendar for Green beans

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

It's probably a bad idea to plant green beans until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

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

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Mukilteo. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Mukilteo is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Mukilteo you get surprised by a frost after March 15 so always be ready to cover your green beans in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Mukilteo

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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