Planting planner: Menifee, California
Typical last spring frost January 28 (1 spring in 10 later than February 27). Typical first fall frost December 18 (1 fall in 10 earlier than December 1). Growing season about 329 days.
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Frost doesn't come every year here: about 91 years in 100 have at least one freezing night. The calendar is built on the dates for the years that do.
We don't give a garlic date here. The rule we use, from the University of Minnesota Extension, counts from the first killing frost, and it works where a hard freeze comes every year before the ground freezes. Your county's extension office can tell you when to plant garlic in your climate.
Your typical last frost comes before mid-February. Where winters are this mild, summer heat limits the garden as much as frost does, and most planting happens in fall and late winter. Your county's extension office publishes a calendar made for your climate.
January
- January 14 to 28: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- January 14 to 28: Cauliflower (plant out)
- January 28: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
February
- February 11: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- February 11: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
March
Nothing to start this month.
April
Nothing to start this month.
May
Nothing to start this month.
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
- July 23 to August 6: Cabbage for fall (start seeds)
August
- August 12 to 26: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
September
- September 21: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- September 25: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- September 26: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- September 30: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
October
- October 1: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- October 5: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
- October 15: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
- October 25: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
November
- November 4: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
- November 12 to December 10: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
- November 26 to December 24: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
December
- December 1: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
- December 10 to 31: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- December 17 to 31: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- December 24 to January 7: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
- December 31 to January 14: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- December 31 to January 14: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
Dates from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Elsinore (station USC00042805), 9 miles from the center of Menifee. Planting rules: Colorado State University Extension GardenNotes #720 (spring), Virginia Cooperative Extension 426-334 (fall crops), University of Minnesota Extension (garlic). Spring bulbs: plant when the soil has cooled to about 50 to 55°F, until a couple of weeks before the ground freezes (University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension). Full details: https://lastfrostdate.com/frost-dates/california/menifee/