Zone 8a monthly plan
October planting calendar for zone 8a
These actions use zone 8a's typical frost dates and each crop's extension-sourced planting window.
- Last spring frost
- March 29
- First fall frost
- November 7
- Exact actions
- 5
Get dates for your exact ZIP
Zone averages cover wide areas. Your nearest NOAA station gives a more local frost window.
Source-backed actions
Your October checklist
Search a crop or narrow the list by garden action. Dates are shifted from zone 8a's typical frost window.
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Fall planting
5- Cabbage
vegetable
August 29 to October 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Cauliflower
vegetable
August 29 to October 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Kale
vegetable
September 5 to October 10SourceUtah State University Extension - Spinach
vegetable
August 29 to October 3SourceUtah State University Extension - Swiss Chard
vegetable
October 10 to October 17SourceUtah State University Extension
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.