The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Sheldon you can determine when it's the best time to plant welsh onion 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.

You can plant welsh onion just a tiny bit earlier in the year because they do ok in moderate cold.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Sheldon is April. However, you really should wait until May 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 really do well. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is May 15 in Sheldon. You should expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Sheldon is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Sheldon you get a frost after May 15 so make sure that you are ready to protect your welsh onion in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Sheldon

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°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 -20°F.

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