When to Plant Green beans in Prairie Du Chien, WI

One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

It's possible to determine when you can plant green beans by checking out the USDA zone info for Prairie Du Chien.


Planting Calendar for Green beans

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

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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A good time to plant green beans
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant green beans
Probably not a good time to plant green beans

The earliest that you can plant green beans in Prairie Du Chien 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 the last frost is on April 15 in Prairie Du Chien. It might get as low as -20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost is not always accurate because it is based on the USDA zone info for Prairie Du Chien and it is different every year. Half of the time in Prairie Du Chien it frosts late in the year after April 15 so always be ready to cover your green beans in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Prairie Du Chien

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-20°F
Highest Expected Low-15°F

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

Plants to Grow in Prairie Du Chien

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