Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when it's the best time to plant cucumbers is to check out the USDA zone info for Oak Hill.

Planting Calendar for Cucumbers

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

Since cucumbers require warm weather you need to wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant cucumbers in Oak Hill 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 cucumbers and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your cucumbers may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your cucumbers indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Oak Hill. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Oak Hill is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Oak Hill last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your cucumbers if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Oak Hill

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.

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