Zone 10a monthly plan
January planting calendar for zone 10a
These actions use zone 10a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- January 17
- First fall frost
- January 13
- Exact actions
- 68
This near-frost-free pattern wraps across New Year. The listed first fall frost falls in the following calendar year.
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Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your January checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 10a's typical frost window.
68 matching actions, with 12 shown first
Transplant outdoors
29- Ageratum
flower
January 17 to January 310 sources
- January 17 to January 31
0 sources
- Black-Eyed Susan
flower
January 17 to January 310 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
December 27 to January 30 sources
- Cabbage
vegetable
December 27 to January 30 sources
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- CantaloupeJanuary 17 to January 31
- CauliflowerJanuary 3 to January 10
- CeleriacJanuary 3
- CollardsJanuary 3
- CucumberJanuary 17 to January 31
- DahliaJanuary 17 to January 31
- EggplantJanuary 17 to January 31
- English LavenderJanuary 17 to January 31
- French TarragonJanuary 17
- Globe AmaranthJanuary 17 to January 31
- Ground CherryJanuary 17 to January 31
- ImpatiensJanuary 17 to January 31
- LettuceJanuary 17
- MarigoldJanuary 17 to January 31
- PepperJanuary 17 to January 31
- PetuniaJanuary 17 to January 31
- RomanescoJanuary 17
- SpinachJanuary 17
- Sweet AlyssumJanuary 10 to January 17
- Swiss ChardJanuary 17
- TomatilloJanuary 24 to January 31
- TomatoJanuary 17 to January 31
- WatermelonJanuary 17 to January 31
- Wax BegoniaJanuary 17 to January 31
Direct sow
37- Basil
herb
January 170 sources
- Beet
vegetable
December 27 to January 30 sources
- Bok Choy
vegetable
January 170 sources
- Borage
herb
January 170 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
December 27 to January 30 sources
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- CabbageDecember 27 to January 3
- CantaloupeJanuary 17 to January 31
- CarrotDecember 27 to January 3
- CauliflowerJanuary 3 to January 10
- CosmosJanuary 17 to January 31
- CucamelonJanuary 17
- CucumberJanuary 17 to January 31
- DillJanuary 17
- FennelJanuary 17
- German ChamomileJanuary 10 to January 17
- Green Bean (Snap Bean)January 10
- KohlrabiDecember 20 to January 3
- LettuceDecember 27 to January 3
- Luffa GourdJanuary 17
- MarigoldJanuary 17 to January 31
- Mexican SunflowerJanuary 17 to January 31
- Mustard GreensDecember 27 to January 17
- NasturtiumJanuary 17 to January 31
- New Zealand SpinachJanuary 17 to January 24
- ParsleyJanuary 17
- ParsnipDecember 27 to January 3
- PotatoDecember 27 to January 3
- PumpkinJanuary 17 to January 31
- RadishDecember 27 to January 3
- SunflowerJanuary 17 to January 31
- Sweet AlyssumDecember 20 to January 3
- Sweet CornJanuary 17 to January 31
- Sweet MarjoramJanuary 17
- TomatilloJanuary 3
- WatermelonJanuary 17 to January 31
- Winter SquashJanuary 17 to January 31
- ZucchiniJanuary 17 to January 31
Fall planting
1- Garlic
vegetable
January 20 to January 270 sources
Harvest
1- Radish
vegetable
January 21 to February 170 sources
How this checklist is sourced
USDA defines the hardiness zone, NOAA normals provide the typical frost anchors, and each crop's extension source supplies the planting offset. Broad season-only notes are kept on plant profiles because they do not change from one zone page to another.
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023 by USDA Agricultural Research Service / Oregon State University PRISM Group. the USDA hardiness-zone band.
- U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. the median spring and fall freeze dates.
Local conditions vary.