One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

In Inglewood you can estimate when you can plant pearl onions by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Pearl onions

Frost tolerance for pearl onions:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Pearl onions do well in very little cold which means that you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant pearl onions in Inglewood is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant pearl onions and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your pearl onions may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your pearl onions indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is January 31 in Inglewood. It might get as low as 35°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Inglewood is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Inglewood last frost occurs after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your pearl onions in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Inglewood

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	35°F
Highest Expected Low	40°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 35°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 40°F.

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