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Zone 10a monthly plan

October 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
6

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.

Exact October dates

Planting jobs

Your October checklist

Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 10a's typical frost window.

6 matching actions, with 6 shown first

Start indoors

3

Fall planting

3
  • Collards

    vegetable

    October 14
    0 sources
    • Kohlrabi

      vegetable

      October 21 to November 18
      0 sources
      • Lettuce

        vegetable

        October 14 to November 18
        0 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.

        Local conditions vary.