Zone 11b planting calendar

What to plant in February: zone 11b

Zone 11b averages its last spring frost around January 1 and its first fall frost around December 31. Everything below is timed from those two dates, so it stays useful whether you're planting for summer or for a fall harvest.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.

Last frost: January 1

First frost: December 31

Winter lows: 45 to 50 °F

Zone 11b Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

Cucumberaround Feb 5
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Zucchiniaround Feb 5
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Basilaround Feb 5
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Bush beanaround Feb 12
Sowing 3: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Winter squasharound Feb 12
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Sweet cornaround Feb 12
Sowing 3: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Beetaround Feb 19
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Carrotaround Feb 19
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Bush beanaround Feb 26
Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Cucumberaround Feb 26
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Zucchiniaround Feb 26
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Sweet cornaround Feb 26
Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Basilaround Feb 26
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

Garden care

Side-dress heavy feedersaround Feb 12
Tomatoes, peppers, corn and squash get compost or fish emulsion once fruit sets.
Prune and stake tomatoesaround Feb 19
Pull suckers and lower leaves for airflow. The main defense against blight in humid heat.
Shade the cool-season bedaround Feb 26
30-40% shade cloth keeps lettuce, cilantro and spinach from bolting in peak heat.

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