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 Holmes Beach you can estimate when it's the best time to plant bunching onions by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Bunching Onions

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

Bunching Onions are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can start planting them slightly earlier than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant bunching onions in Holmes 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 bunching onions and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your bunching onions may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your bunching onions indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on January 31 in Holmes Beach. You can expect an average low temperature of 30°F in the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Holmes Beach is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Holmes Beach there is a last frost after January 31 be ready to protect your bunching onions in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Holmes Beach

Here is the info for USDA Zone 10a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	January 31
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	30°F
Highest Expected Low	35°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 30°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 35°F.

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