When to Plant Welsh onion in South Lyon, MI

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.

In South Lyon you can determine when to plant welsh onion by reviewing 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.

Welsh onion do ok in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted just a bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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A good time to plant welsh onion
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant welsh onion
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The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in South Lyon 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your welsh onion may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your welsh onion indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in South Lyon. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for South Lyon is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in South Lyon it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your welsh onion if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for South Lyon

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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