Regional guide
Alabama North and South Vegetable Seasons Garden
An Alabama Extension guide for North and South Alabama vegetable seasons, spring/fall windows, maturity days, spacing, and not-recommended cells.
Climate signals
- Alabama Extension's Vegetable Seasons in Alabama table separates spring and fall planting dates for North Alabama and South Alabama.
- Reviewed January 2025 as ANR-1165, the table pairs each vegetable with days to maturity and row x plant spacing.
- Some crop-season combinations are marked Not recommended, so the source table should be checked before copying a South Alabama window into North Alabama.
- South Alabama spring windows start earlier than North Alabama for rows such as beans, cucumbers, okra, tomato, and watermelon.
Planning notes
- Beans (Lima, Butter & Snap) are 50-60 days, with North Alabama spring April 1 - July 15, South Alabama spring February 15 - May 1, North Alabama fall Not recommended, and South Alabama fall August 1 - September 15.
- Beets are 50-75 days, with North Alabama spring March 15 - June 1, South Alabama spring February 1 - April 1, North Alabama fall August 1 - September 15, and South Alabama fall August 1 - October 1.
- Broccoli is 50-97 days, with North Alabama spring March 1 - April 1, South Alabama spring February 1 - April 1, North Alabama fall August 1 - September 1, and South Alabama fall August 15 - October 1.
- Cucumbers are 50-65 days, with North Alabama spring April 1 - July 15, South Alabama spring March 1 - May 1, North Alabama fall August 1 - September 1, and South Alabama fall August 1 - September 15.
- Okra is 55-65 days, with North Alabama spring April 15 - June 15, South Alabama spring March 1 - May 1, North Alabama fall July 15 - August 15, and South Alabama fall August 1 - September 1.
- Tomato is 70-90 days, with North Alabama spring April 15 - June 15, South Alabama spring March 1 - May 1, North Alabama fall July 1 - August 1, and South Alabama fall July 15 - August 15.
- Watermelon is 80-90 days, with North Alabama spring May 15 - June 15, South Alabama spring March 1 - May 1, and fall planting Not recommended in both North Alabama and South Alabama.
- Sweet corn is 60-100 days, with North Alabama spring April 15 - June 1, South Alabama spring February 1 - May 1, North Alabama fall Not recommended, and South Alabama fall July 15 - September 1.
- Use these catalog crop examples only for crops covered by the Alabama Extension table; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.
Catalog crop examples
These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
- Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
- Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts Vegetable · Cool · 100 days
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
- Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
- Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
- Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Hale's Best Jumbo Melon Vegetable · Warm · 85 days
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- California Wonder Pepper Vegetable · Warm · 72 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
- Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
- Delicata Winter Squash Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
- Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days
- Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
- Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Related regional guides
- South Carolina Spring and Fall Garden Clemson HGIC 1256 guide for South Carolina Piedmont and Coastal Plain planting-chart rows, freeze timing, spacing, and harvest days.
- Mississippi Zone Planting Dates Vegetable Garden An MSU Extension guide for Mississippi Zone 1-5 vegetable planting dates, cool and warm crop windows, and transplant cutoffs.
- Louisiana North and South Vegetable Planting Guide An LSU AgCenter guide for north and south Louisiana vegetable dates, central and coastal caveats, seed depth, spacing, and harvest timing.