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.

It's a good idea to figure out when to plant welsh onion by checking out the USDA zone info for Redondo Beach.

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.

You can plant welsh onion a bit earlier in the year because they are barely cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Redondo Beach 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 welsh onion and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your welsh onion may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Redondo Beach the average date of last frost happens on January 31. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 35°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Redondo Beach is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Redondo Beach you get a frost after January 31 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your welsh onion in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Redondo Beach

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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