Planting Guide
Vegetable Seed/transplant Season to plant Number of days to harvest Beans, bush seed spring 45-60
Beets seed spring/fall 50-60
Broccoli transplants spring/fall 60-70
Carrots seed spring/fall 60-70 Cabbage transplant fall 60-70 Cauliflower transplant fall 70-75
Cucumbers seed spring 60-70
Leaf Lettuce seed spring 45-60 Mustard seed fall 30-40 Okra seed spring 55-65 Peas, southern seed spring 60-70 Radishes seed spring/fall 20-45 Spinach seed spring/fall 40-60 Squash, yellow seed spring 50-60 Turnip, greens seed fall 30 Turnips, root seed fall 30-60 Tomato, cherry transplants spring 60-70
Flower Seed/transplant Season to plant Number of days to harvest Dianthus transplant spring/fall 7-14 Pansies transplant spring/fall 7-14 Periwinkles transplant spring 7-14 Petunias transplant fall 7-14 Portulaca transplant spring 7-14 Purslane transplant spring 7-14 Zinnas seed spring 40-50 References from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service include:
- Vegetable Gardening in Containers (B-1212)
- Home Vegetable Gardening (B-1139)
- Annual Flowers in the Landscape
- Spring Vegetable Gardening
- Fall Vegetable and Flower