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Onions Planting Dates by State and Region

Published onions planting windows for 4 places, with the source and the caveats you need before you use them.

Across the 4 places in this data set, the planting window begins as early as Feb 1 (Arkansas) and as late as Aug 1 (Utah). The middle of the range starts around Mar 31.

Onions windows by place
PlacePlantingHarvest
ArkansasPlanting: February - April (spring/summer crop)
UtahPlanting: fall harvest planting August 1 to August 10
Western OregonPlanting: March (if soil is dry enough)
Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), OregonPlanting: May

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Onions calendar by place
ItemJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arkansas plantingPlanting window in FebruaryPlanting window in MarchPlanting window in April
Utah plantingPlanting window in August
Western Oregon plantingPlanting window in March
Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), Oregon plantingPlanting window in May
Frost-date caveat: ranges blur real differences inside a state or region. Use them to plan, then fit them to your last frost date, soil temperature and field conditions.

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Last reviewed: November 2026. Source: Arkansas Extension - Spring and Summer Vegetable Planting Dates.