Zone 10b planting calendar

What to plant in April: zone 10b

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 10b: last spring frost around January 15, first fall frost around December 30. Zones are set by winter lows, not frost dates, so two gardens in the same zone can be weeks apart. Measure your ZIP below for dates from your area's own 30-year record.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.
Typical last frost: January 15
Typical first frost: December 30
Winter lows: 35 to 40 °F
Zone 10b Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

  • Cucumberaround Apr 2

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Zucchiniaround Apr 2

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Basilaround Apr 2

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Winter squasharound Apr 9

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Beetaround Apr 16

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

  • Carrotaround Apr 16

    Sowing 4: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

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