Zone 11b planting calendar

What to plant in July: zone 11b

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 11b: last spring frost around January 1, first fall frost around December 31. 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 1
Typical 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.

A quiet month in zone 11b

July is a rest-and-plan month here. Use it to order seed, test your soil, repair beds, and map next season's rotation, then jump ahead to August.

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