Planting planner: Visalia, California
Typical last spring frost January 23 (1 spring in 10 later than February 27). Typical first fall frost December 13 (1 fall in 10 earlier than November 27). Growing season about 328 days.
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Frost doesn't come every year here: about 93 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 9 to 23: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- January 9 to 23: Cauliflower (plant out)
- January 23: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
February
- February 6: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- February 6: 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 18 to August 1: Cabbage for fall (start seeds)
August
- August 7 to 21: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
September
- September 16: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- September 20: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- September 21: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- September 25: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- September 26: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- September 30: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
October
- October 10: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
- October 20: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- October 30: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
November
- November 7 to December 5: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
- November 21 to December 19: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
- November 27: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
December
- December 5 to 26: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- December 12 to 26: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- December 19 to January 2: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
- December 26 to January 9: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- December 26 to January 9: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
Dates from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Visalia (station USC00049367), 1 mile from the center of Visalia. 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/visalia/