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 estimate when you can plant welsh onion in Evergreen Park by looking at 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 a bit earlier in the year because they are one of those plants that can tolerate a tiny bit of cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Evergreen Park 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 really do well. Starting your welsh onion indoors is a great way to get them started a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Evergreen Park the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You should expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Evergreen Park is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Evergreen Park you get surprised by a frost after April 15 be ready to protect your welsh onion if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Evergreen Park

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°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 -5°F.

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