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East Texas Vegetable Planting Guide

Henderson County Master Gardeners East Texas guide for spring/fall dates, spacing, harvest days, yields, and variety examples.

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Henderson County Master Gardeners East Texas guide for spring/fall dates, spacing, harvest days, yields, and variety examples.

Source-backed timing Henderson County Master Gardeners East Texas Vegetable Planting Guide

East Texas 253 frost-free days

Mar 5 last frost spring release Nov 13 first frost fall limit

The source is the East Texas Vegetable Planting Guide from the Henderson County Master Gardeners Association.
The PDF lists the Henderson County Master Gardeners Association office at 100 E. Tyler St Suite 303 in Athens, TX and names Spencer Perkins, CEA-Ag/NR.
The main table separates Spring Planting date and Fall Planting date from seed or plant per 100 feet, planting distance, days before harvest, yield per 100 feet, and average days of harvest.

Catalog priority: 28 priority crops
Climate checks: 5 climate signals
Timing basis: Using Travis County dates

Source-backed timing March 5 last frost and November 13 first frost using the Austin-Bergstrom station row.

Travis County stations vary; choose a warmer or cooler date if your site tracks a different station.

Crop priority Provider Bush Bean leads the catalog examples

Provider Bush Bean, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Waltham 29 Broccoli, Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts

Next local check Beans, Bush use March 10 spring planting, Aug. 1 fall planting, 3-4 inch spacing, 45-60 days before harvest, 120 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 14 average days of harvest.

Beets use Feb. 20 spring planting, Aug. 1 fall planting, 2 inch spacing, 50-60 days before harvest, 150 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 30 average days of harvest.

Calendar Convert regional timing into dated sowing, transplant, and harvest jobs. Frost dates Keep hardiness zone context separate from local first and last frost dates. All regions Compare this guide with the broader regional atlas. Texas Fall A Texas fall vegetable guide for five AgriLife gardening regions, fall planting dates, transplants, and frost-tolerance grouping.

Climate signals

The source is the East Texas Vegetable Planting Guide from the Henderson County Master Gardeners Association.
The PDF lists the Henderson County Master Gardeners Association office at 100 E. Tyler St Suite 303 in Athens, TX and names Spencer Perkins, CEA-Ag/NR.
The main table separates Spring Planting date and Fall Planting date from seed or plant per 100 feet, planting distance, days before harvest, yield per 100 feet, and average days of harvest.
Warm-season rows such as cucumber, muskmelon, okra, sweet potato, and winter squash show no fall planting date, while other crops carry both spring and fall dates.
The variety pages list examples for many crops, but catalog links here stay crop-row examples, not Henderson County or Texas A&M cultivar endorsements.

Planning notes

Beans, Bush use March 10 spring planting, Aug. 1 fall planting, 3-4 inch spacing, 45-60 days before harvest, 120 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 14 average days of harvest.
Beets use Feb. 20 spring planting, Aug. 1 fall planting, 2 inch spacing, 50-60 days before harvest, 150 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 30 average days of harvest.
Broccoli uses Feb. 15 spring planting, July 15 fall planting, 14-24 inch spacing, 60-80 days before harvest, 100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 40 average days of harvest.
Brussel Sprouts use Feb. 15 spring planting, July 10 fall planting, 14-24 inch spacing, 90-100 days before harvest, 75 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 21 average days of harvest.
Carrots use Feb. 20 spring planting, July 1 fall planting, 2 inch spacing, 70-80 days before harvest, 100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 21 average days of harvest.
Corn, Sweet uses March 1 spring planting, June 1 fall planting, 12-18 inch spacing, 70-90 days before harvest, 10 dz yield per 100 feet, and 10 average days of harvest.
Cucumber uses April 1-15 spring planting, no fall planting, 24-28 inch spacing, 50-70 days before harvest, 120 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 30 average days of harvest.
Eggplant uses April 1-15 spring planting, Aug. 1 fall planting, 18-24 inch spacing, 80-90 days before harvest, 100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 90 average days of harvest.
Lettuce uses March 1 spring planting, July 15 fall planting, 2-3 inch spacing, 40-80 days before harvest, 50 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 21 average days of harvest.
Okra uses April 15 spring planting, no fall planting, 24 inch spacing, 55-65 days before harvest, 100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 90 average days of harvest.
Pepper uses April 1 spring planting, July 1 fall planting, 18-24 inch spacing, 60-90 days before harvest, 60 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 90 average days of harvest.
Tomato uses Mar. 1-15 spring planting, July 15 fall planting, 18-36 inch spacing, 70-90 days before harvest, 100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 40 average days of harvest.
Turnip uses Feb. 20 spring planting, July 15 fall planting, 2-3 inch spacing, 30-60 days before harvest, 50-100 lbs yield per 100 feet, and 30-40 average days of harvest.
Watermelon hybrid, seedless, triploid, and bush types use March 25 spring planting, July 15 fall planting, 36-96 inch spacing, 75-100 days before harvest, 40 fruit yield per 100 feet, and 30 average days of harvest.
Asparagus, Chinese cabbage, garlic, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, and weak catalog matches stay without priority links; use priority catalog links as crop-row examples, not Henderson County or Texas A&M cultivar endorsements.

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
Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 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
Early White Vienna Kohlrabi Vegetable · Cool · 55 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
Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
Italian Flat Leaf Parsley Herb · Shoulder · 75 days
Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 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
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

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Source: Henderson County Master Gardeners East Texas Vegetable Planting Guide