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

In Radcliff you can estimate when to plant bunching onions by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Bunching Onions

Frost tolerance for bunching onions:	Tolerant of a very small amount of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 3 weeks before last frost.

Bunching Onions are barely cold tolerant which tells us that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant bunching onions in Radcliff 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 bunching onions and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your bunching onions may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your bunching onions indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Radcliff. You can expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Radcliff may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Radcliff it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your bunching onions in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Radcliff

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-5°F
Highest Expected Low	0°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 0°F.

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