Planting Times

[questionful]

Hello. I have a bunch of seeds, and I want to plant them. Some can be planted at my parents' house where they can be watered during the dry season, and some can be planted at a local outdoor spot where they cannot be watered, and must be able to survive with the local climate. All germination can be done indoors. My question is, which seeds can survive the local climate? I have attached a bar graph that shows the average temperature and rain at SFO throughout the year. I live about five miles from SFO.

The rains season is from November to March, which is also the cold season and the short-day season. The local cold season is not very cold, and I never see anything frozen, but I've heard that there is "frost" some years.

I've always assumed that seeds are planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. With the summer being the dry season here, this doesn't make sense. My question is, can I plant stuff in November?

Here is a list of the seeds I have:
From Mexico: Maiz, Wheat, Oat, Sunflower, Lentils, Beans, Fava Beans, Peas, Peanut, Flax, Avocado, Mamey, Peach, Nanche, "Plum" that is not Plum, Almond, a couple tree seeds, a few flower seeds.
From California: Pine nuts, Fava Beans, Maiz, and a bunch of other stuff
From India: Methi seeds, Cardamom seeds. Mustard seeds, other Curry seeds

Thanks for any help or advice.

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[steev]

That's quite a list. In general, your cool season stuff can go in as soon as possible: favas and peas. Wheat and oats planted now should overwinter well. Most of the others could be started indoors timed to go out late February. The tropicals are iffy and probably best planted in pots so you can take them indoors for Winter.

Bear in mind that the dry season is generally not too hot, with cool nights. Good luck!