Planting planner: Sugar Land, Texas
Typical last spring frost February 2 (1 spring in 10 later than March 7). Typical first fall frost December 11 (1 fall in 10 earlier than November 20). Growing season about 318 days.
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Frost doesn't come every year here: about 94 years in 100 have at least one freezing night. The calendar is built on the dates for the years that do.
We don't give a garlic date here. The rule we use, from the University of Minnesota Extension, counts from the first killing frost, and it works where a hard freeze comes every year before the ground freezes. Your county's extension office can tell you when to plant garlic in your climate.
Your typical last frost comes before mid-February. Where winters are this mild, summer heat limits the garden as much as frost does, and most planting happens in fall and late winter. Your county's extension office publishes a calendar made for your climate.
January
- January 5 to 19: Peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes, onion sets, turnips (sow outdoors)
- January 5 to 19: Broccoli and cabbage (plant out)
- January 19 to February 2: Beets, carrots, potatoes, Swiss chard (plant outdoors)
- January 19 to February 2: Cauliflower (plant out)
February
- February 2: Snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, summer squash (sow outdoors)
- February 16: Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant (plant out)
- February 16: Melons, winter squash, pumpkins, lima beans (sow outdoors)
March
Nothing to start this month.
April
Nothing to start this month.
May
Nothing to start this month.
June
Nothing to start this month.
July
- July 16 to 30: Cabbage for fall (start seeds)
August
- August 5 to 19: Broccoli for fall (start seeds)
September
- September 14: Snap beans for fall (last date to sow)
- September 18: Carrots for fall (last date to sow)
- September 19: Cucumbers for fall (last date to sow)
- September 23: Peas for fall (last date to sow)
- September 24: Summer squash for fall (last date to sow)
- September 28: Leaf lettuce and beets for fall (last date to sow)
October
- October 8: Turnips and kohlrabi for fall (last date to sow)
- October 18: Spinach for fall (last date to sow)
- October 28: Radishes for fall (last date to sow)
November
- November 17 to December 15: Broccoli and cabbage (start seeds indoors)
- November 20: Tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, cucumbers (watch the forecast)
December
- December 1 to 29: Cauliflower (start seeds indoors)
- December 15 to January 5: Eggplant (start seeds indoors)
- December 22 to January 5: Peppers (start seeds indoors)
- December 29 to January 12: Tomatoes (start seeds indoors)
Dates from NOAA's 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Houston Sugarland Mem (station USW00012977), 2 miles from the center of Sugar Land. Planting rules: Colorado State University Extension GardenNotes #720 (spring), Virginia Cooperative Extension 426-334 (fall crops), University of Minnesota Extension (garlic). Spring bulbs: plant when the soil has cooled to about 50 to 55°F, until a couple of weeks before the ground freezes (University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension). Full details: https://lastfrostdate.com/frost-dates/texas/sugar-land/