Zone 10a monthly plan
November 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
- 31
This near-frost-free pattern wraps across New Year. The listed first fall frost falls in the following calendar year.
Get dates for your exact ZIP
Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Planting jobs
Your November checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 10a's typical frost window.
31 matching actions, with 10 shown first
Start indoors
24- Ageratum
flower
November 8 to November 220 sources
- November 22 to December 6
0 sources
- Bachelors Button
flower
November 22 to December 60 sources
- Basil
herb
November 22 to December 60 sources
- Broccoli
vegetable
November 8 to November 220 sources
Show 19 more start indoors
- CabbageNovember 8 to November 22
- CauliflowerNovember 15 to November 29
- CeleriacOctober 25 to November 8
- CollardsNovember 22
- EggplantNovember 22
- German ChamomileNovember 22 to December 6
- Globe AmaranthNovember 22 to December 6
- Globe ArtichokeSeptember 27 to November 1
- Ground CherryNovember 29 to December 20
- ImpatiensNovember 8 to December 6
- KaleNovember 1 to November 15
- Luffa GourdNovember 22 to December 6
- Malabar SpinachNovember 22 to December 6
- ParsleyNovember 22 to December 6
- PepperNovember 22
- PetuniaNovember 8 to November 22
- StockNovember 22 to December 6
- Sweet MarjoramNovember 8 to November 22
- TomatilloNovember 29 to December 20
Fall planting
7- Cabbage
vegetable
November 4 to December 90 sources
- Cauliflower
vegetable
November 4 to December 90 sources
- Kale
vegetable
November 11 to December 160 sources
- Kohlrabi
vegetable
October 21 to November 180 sources
- Lettuce
vegetable
October 14 to November 180 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.