Texas vegetable timing

When to plant vegetables in Texas

Choose a crop to combine your local frost dates with the Texas A&M regional timing that applies to the season.

Two-part decision

Frost date first, region second

The regional anchor is a planning aid, not a county boundary or an exact-day guarantee. Every crop guide keeps the planting material and weather condition in the answer.

A separate fall decision

Plan a Texas fall vegetable garden

Use the fall-garden guide when you need to compare crop maturity with a Texas A&M region and a local first-freeze date.

Open Texas fall guide

Texas crop guides

Broccoli

4–6 weeks before the local frost-free date · Direct seed or transplant

Cabbage

4–6 weeks before the local frost-free date · Direct seed or transplant

Carrots

4–6 weeks before the local frost-free date · Direct sow seed

Collard greens

2–6 weeks before the local frost-free date · Direct seed or transplant

Cucumbers

1–6 weeks after the local frost-free date · Direct sow or use a careful transplant

Garlic

Routine spring planting not recommended · Plant individual cloves

Lettuce

6 weeks before to 2 weeks after frost-free · Direct seed or transplant

Okra

2–6 weeks after the local frost-free date · Direct sow seed

Onions

Plants: 4–10 weeks before; seed: 6–8 weeks before · Choose seed or plants first

Potatoes

4–6 weeks before the local frost-free date · Plant Irish seed tubers

Pumpkins

1–4 weeks after the local frost-free date · Direct sow seed

Strawberries

Not a generic spring vegetable schedule · Plant crowns or transplants in a regional system

Sweet potatoes

2–8 weeks after the local frost-free date · Plant slips, not seed potatoes

Tomatoes

1–8 weeks after the local frost-free date · Use transplants

Watermelon

1–6 weeks after the local frost-free date · Direct sow or transplant carefully

Squash

Includes zucchini

Beets

Cool weather

Spinach

Cool-season crop

Radishes

As soon as soil can be worked

Peppers

After cold danger has passed

Asparagus

January–February

Cauliflower

Mid-July–August

Kale

Seed zone above 50°F

Eggplant

After frost; days at least 65°F

Peas

2–8 weeks before frost-free date

Sweet corn

Seed zone above 65°F

Green beans

After frost danger has passed

Cantaloupe

Warm soil, after frost danger