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.

A way of figuring out when it's the best time to plant millet is to use the USDA zone info for Wapato.

Planting Calendar for Millet

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

Millet are not cold tolerant which means that you must wait until it warms up after the last frost before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant millet in Wapato 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 grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your millet indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Wapato. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Wapato is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Wapato last frost occurs after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your millet in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Wapato

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°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 0°F.

Plants to Grow in Wapato

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