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.

A common way of determining when you can plant tree onions is to examine the USDA zone info for Menomonie.

Planting Calendar for Tree onions

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

You can plant tree onions slightly 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 tree onions in Menomonie 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 tree onions and expect a good harvest is probably August. Any later than that and your tree onions may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your tree onions indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is May 15 in Menomonie. It might get as low as -25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Menomonie is just an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Menomonie it frosts late in the year after May 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your tree onions if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Menomonie

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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