Regional guide
Tulare/Kings San Joaquin Valley Vegetable Guide
UC Master Gardener Tulare/Kings guide for San Joaquin Valley vegetable rows, protected starts, fall pest pressure, and crop examples.
Climate signals
- UC Master Gardeners of Tulare and Kings County links the Vegetable Planting Guide for San Joaquin Valley Gardens from its Vegetables, Herbs and Gourds page at https://ucanr.edu/site/tulare-kings-master-gardeners/vegetables-herbs-gourds.
- The PDF says the Vegetable Planting Guide for San Joaquin Valley Gardens information is courtesy of Michelle Le Strange and Manuel Jimenez, Farm Advisors.
- The legend includes seed in a greenhouse or other protected area, for example coldframe or well lit window, plus seeding outside, transplanting, and preferred time to plant and grow.
- Be aware that late summer planted crops for fall harvest usually have more insect pest problems, such as aphids, whiteflies, worms, and squash bugs.
- Brussels sprouts prefer coastal climate conditions and are Not that easy to grow good quality in the San Joaquin Valley.
- Perennials: do not harvest until spring of year two.
Planning notes
- Warm-season rows include Basil, Beans, Snap, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Melons, Okra, Peppers, Pumpkins, Tomatoes, and Squash, Winter.
- Cool-season and shoulder rows include Asian Greens, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale, Carrot, Cauliflower, Chard, Cilantro, Leeks, Lettuce, Parsnips, Peas, Radish, Rutabaga, Spinach, and Turnips.
- White Stem bok choy is an Asian Greens crop-row example, Waltham broccoli maps to the Broccoli side of Broccoli and Gailan, Evergreen bunching onion maps to Onions, green, Sugar Snap pea maps to Peas, Edible Pods, California Wonder pepper maps to Peppers, Bell, and Waltham butternut maps to Squash, Winter.
- Annual artichoke, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, garlic, potatoes, rhubarb, sweet potatoes, summer squash, Onions, bulb, Peppers, Chili, and shelling peas are source rows without appropriate catalog priority links.
- Use priority catalog links as crop-row examples, not UC cultivar recommendations.
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.
- White Stem Bok Choy Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Genovese Basil Herb · Warm · 68 days
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
- Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
- Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
- Santo Cilantro Herb · Cool · 50 days
- Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- American Flag Leek Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Hale's Best Jumbo Melon Vegetable · Warm · 85 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
- Hollow Crown Parsnip Vegetable · Cool · 120 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
- American Purple Top Rutabaga Vegetable · Cool · 90 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
Related regional guides
- California Interior Valley Vegetable Planting Guide UC Master Gardener guide for Sacramento and San Joaquin Interior Valley timing, temperature bands, frost checks, and crop rows.
- Placer County Elevation-Frost Vegetable Planting Guide UC Placer County guide for elevation-adjusted frost dates, warm/cool crop windows, and crop-row examples.
- Sacramento Area Vegetable Planting Schedule UC Master Gardeners Sacramento guide for EHN 11 month-grid seed, transplant, and protected-start vegetable timing.
- Yolo County Spring Warm-Season Vegetable Guide UC ANR Savvy Sage guide for Yolo County April warm-season transition rows, soil-warmth cautions, and crop-row examples.
- Shasta County Valley Monthly Planting Guide UC ANR monthly guide for Shasta County valley areas covering protected starts, direct outside seed rows, and starter-plant timing.
- Butte County Foothill Planting Guide UC Master Gardeners Butte County foothill vegetable guide for elevation-adjusted frost timing and crop-row planning.
Source: UC Master Gardeners of Tulare and Kings County Vegetable Planting Guide