One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

The first chance to plant welsh onion in Fayetteville can be figured out by checking out 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.

You can plant welsh onion slightly earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Fayetteville 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 fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Fayetteville. You can expect an average low temperature of 10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Fayetteville may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Fayetteville there is a last frost after March 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your welsh onion in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Fayetteville

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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