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

You will be able to figure out when it's the best time to plant welsh onion by checking out the USDA zone info for Conyers.

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 Conyers 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. If you wait any later than that and your welsh onion may not have a chance to grow to maturity. Starting your welsh onion indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is March 15 in Conyers. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Conyers is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Conyers you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to cover your welsh onion in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Conyers

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

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