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

You can figure out when it's a good idea to plant welsh onion in Sarasota by referring to the USDA zone info.

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.

Since welsh onion are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Sarasota 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. Any later than that and your welsh onion may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Sarasota. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 25°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Sarasota is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Sarasota last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to protect your welsh onion if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sarasota

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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