Alabama vegetable calendar
When to plant vegetables in Alabama
Choose a crop, then use the regional calendar model that matches where you garden.
Regional calendar first, weather second
Every crop guide keeps the planting material and the condition that can make a calendar date unsafe. The goal is a decision, not false precision.
Alabama crop guides
BroccoliUse transplants or direct seedCabbageUse transplants or direct seedCarrotsDirect sow seedCollard greensDirect seed or transplantCucumbersDirect sow or use a young transplantGarlicPlant individual clovesLettuceDirect seed or transplantOkraDirect sow or transplant carefullyOnionsChoose sets, seeds or transplants deliberatelyPotatoesPlant seed potatoesPumpkinsDirect sow or transplant young plantsStrawberriesUse the state-recommended planting systemSweet potatoesPlant slips into warm soilTomatoesSet hardened transplantsWatermelonDirect sow or transplant with intact roots