Zone 10b monthly plan

October planting calendar for zone 10b

These actions use zone 10b's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.

Last spring frost: January 16
First fall frost: January 15
Exact actions: 7

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 10b's typical frost window.

7 matching actions, with 7 shown first

Start indoors

Celeriac
vegetable
October 24 to November 7
0 sources
Globe Artichoke
vegetable
September 26 to October 31
0 sources
Kale
vegetable
October 31 to November 14
0 sources
Wax Begonia
flower
October 24
0 sources

Fall planting

Collards
vegetable
October 16
0 sources
Kohlrabi
vegetable
October 23 to November 20
0 sources
Lettuce
vegetable
October 16 to November 20
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.

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.