One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.
One way of figuring out when it's a good idea to plant welsh onion is to examine the USDA zone info for Titusville.
Planting Calendar for Welsh onion
Frost tolerance for welsh onion: | Tolerant of a very small amount of frost. |
When to plant: | Up to 3 weeks before last frost. |
Welsh onion can survive in very little cold which tells us that you can plant them a bit earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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A good time to plant welsh onion | |
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant welsh onion | |
Probably not a good time to plant welsh onion |
The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Titusville is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.
The last month that you can plant welsh onion and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your welsh onion may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.
Last Frost Date
In Titusville the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You should expect an average low temperature of -15°F in the coldest months of winter.
Just be sure to remember that the actual date of last frost may not be accurate from year to year because it is based on the USDA zone info for Titusville and it changes from year to year. Half of the time in Titusville there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your welsh onion if you have a surprise late frost.
USDA Zone Info for Titusville
Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.
Average Date of Last Frost (spring) | April 15 |
Average Date of First Frost (fall) | October 15 |
Lowest Expected Low | -15°F |
Highest Expected Low | -10°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 -10°F.
Plants to Grow in Titusville
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Vegetables
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Asparagus lettuce
- Asparagus peas
- Beets
- Bell Peppers
- Bittercress
- Black pepper
- Black radish
- Bok Choi
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Bunching Onions
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupes
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chard
- Chicory
- Chinese cabbage
- Chives
- Corn
- Corn salad
- Cucumbers
- Eggplants
- Endive
- Fennel
- Field Peas
- Garden cress
- Garlic
- Gherkins
- Green beans
- Hamburg root parsley
- Iceberg lettuce
- Indian cress
- Jerusalem artichokes
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Melons
- Mustard greens
- Napa cabbage
- Neeps
- New Zealand spinach
- Okra
- Onions
- Parsnip
- Pea
- Peanut
- Pearl onions
- Peas
- Pole beans
- Potatos
- Pumpkins
- Purslane
- Radicchio
- Radishes
- Red cabbage
- Rhubarb
- Romaine lettuce
- Romanesco
- Runner beans
- Salsify
- Savoy cabbage
- Scallions
- Shallots
- Snap beans
- Snow peas
- Spinach
- Squash
- Strawberries
- String beans
- Sweet corn
- Sweet Potatos
- Tomatos
- Tree onions
- Turnips
- Watercress
- Watermelon
- Welsh onion
- Zucchini
Herbs
Flowers
- Abutilon
- Achillea
- Achimenes
- Aegopodium
- African Daisy
- Ageratum
- Ajuga
- Alstromeria
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- Alternaria
- Alyssum
- Amaranthus
- Anagallis
- Anchusa
- Anemone
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- Angel's Trumpets
- Arabis
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- Argyranthemum
- Armeria
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- Asparagus Fern
- Asters
- Astilbe
- Aubretia
- Aubrieta
- Aurinia
- Axilflower
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- Balsam
- Banana
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- Blue Throatwort
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- Bower Vine
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- Buddha belly plant
- Bunny Tails grass
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- Calliopsis
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- Carnation
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- Chocolate Daisy
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- Chrysocephalum
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- Cleome
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- Coreopsis
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- Creeping Phlox
- Creeping Zinnia
- Crossandra
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- Fiber Optic Grass
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- Flowering Maple
- Flowering Tobacco
- Flower-of-an-Hour
- Forget-Me-Not
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- Four O' Clock
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- Livingstone Daisy
- Lobelia
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- Lysimachia
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- Marguerite Daisy
- Marigold
- Matricaria
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- Melampodium
- Mexican Feather Grass
- Millet
- Mimulus
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- Monkey Flower
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- Napa Valley Fern
- Nasturtium
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- Nigella
- Nolana
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- Oriental poppies
- Ornamental Grasses
- Osteospermum
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- Pincushion Flower
- Platycodon
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- Polka Dot Plant
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- Pyrethrum
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- Salpiglossis
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- Scarlet Pimpernels
- Scarlet Runner Beans
- Schizanthus
- Scutellaria
- Sedum
- Shasta Daisys
- Skullcap
- Snapdragons
- Snow-in Summer
- Statice
- Steirodiscus
- Stocks
- Stoneseed
- Strawflowers
- Streptocarpella
- Sunflowers
- Sutera
- Swan River Daisy
- Sweet Peas
- Sweet Potato Vine
- Sweet Sultan
- Sweet Williams
- Sweet Woodruff
- Tagetes
- Tall Phlox
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- Torenia
- Trachelium
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- Twinspur
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- Yarrow
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