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

You can determine when you can plant welsh onion in Forney 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.

Since welsh onion are barely cold tolerant you can plant them slightly earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

The earliest that you can plant welsh onion in Forney 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. Any later than that and your welsh onion may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your welsh onion indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Forney. It might get as low as 10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Forney may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Forney you get surprised by a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your welsh onion in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Forney

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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