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.
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.
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 guideTexas 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