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❄️ Winter 2026 — Zone 12b Planting Guide

Here's everything you can plant during Winter 2026 in USDA Zone 12b. With a last frost around January 1 and first frost around December 31, you have a 364-day growing season to work with.

There are 10 planting activities across December, January, February.

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Transplant Outdoors This Winter

PlantTypeWhenDays to Maturity
Ginger Vegetable 240–300
Microgreens Vegetable 7–21
Turmeric Vegetable 240–300
Yam Vegetable 180–330

Direct Sow This Winter

PlantTypeWhenDays to Maturity
Microgreens Vegetable 7–21
Ginger Vegetable 240–300
Turmeric Vegetable 240–300
Yam Vegetable 180–330

Harvest This Winter

PlantTypeWhenDays to Maturity
Yam Vegetable 180–330
Microgreens Vegetable 7–21
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