Zone 9 Spring Planting Guide

What to Plant in Zone 9 for Spring

Crop Month to Plant Recommended Verities Notes
Beans, Green March-April Blue Lake, Cherokee Wax, Kentucky Wonder Both bush and pole
Beans, Lima March-April Henderson, Jackson Wonder Trellis for support!
Cantaloupes March-April Ambrosia, Athena, Galia Keep fruit of soil to avoid rot
Carrots September-March Danvers, Nates, Imprator Raised beds work best!
Cauliflower January-February Brocoverde, Snowball Some are green headed
Celery January-March Utah Strains are best Soil must remain moist
Collard Greens February-April Top Bunch, Georgia Southern Will last into warm months
Corn, Sweet March-April Sliver Queen, Sweet Ice, Early Sunglow Keep verities separate
Cucumbers February-April Poinsett, Space Master, Eureka, Boston Pickling For slicing or pickling
Eggplant Febuary-July Black Beauty, Ichiban Likes warm weather, stake!
Mustard Greens September-May Tander green, green wave, Florida Broad Leaf Easily damaged by frost
Okra March-July Emeral, Clemson Spineless Loves hot weather
Onions, green August-March Evergreen Bunching, White Lisbon Short day types work best
Peppers February-April Bell, Sweet, Hot Mulching helps production
Potatoes January-March Red Pontiac, Yukon gold Do not use store bought
Potatoes, Sweet March-June Beauregard, Vardaman Likes hot weather
Pumpkin March-April Big Max, Jack O Lantern Requires a lot of space
Radish September-March Cherry Belle, Sparkler Grows VERY fast
Squash, Summer March-April Summer Crookneck, Black Beauty Zucchini Beware of summer pests
Squash, Winter March-August Spaghetti, Butternut Requires pollination
Tomatoes February-April Celebrity, Better Boy, Cherokee, Brandy Wine Stake for support
Turnips January-April Purple Top, Seven Top Roots and Tops edible!
Watermelon March-April Jubilee, Crimson Sweet, Sugar Babay Requires a lot of space

Many of the crops listed will also grow in the summer, fall and sometimes the winter. These are just a few recommendations that work well as fall crops!

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16 Responses to “Zone 9 Spring Planting Guide”

  • Houston Gardener Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Thank you for the list! It is very helpful! I am planning my garden now and have picked a few vegetables from this list!

  • Dan Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    @Houston Gardener,
    Glad to hear it was helpful! Keep us updated as the days go on!

  • Fla Native Says:
    January 31st, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    I really appreciate the list as I want to start my garden. Will these vegetables do better in a raised garden vs in the ground itself?

  • Dan Says:
    January 31st, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    @Fla Native,
    By your name I am guessing you also live in FL. And for the most part Florida soil is very sandy and does not hold nutrients well. With that in mind I would recommend a raised be!

  • Roy Central Fla. Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    Thanks again for the information. I use your spring guide faithfully for my garden.

  • Dan Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 1:41 am

    @Roy Central Fla.,
    No problem Roy! If you ever get some pictures of your garden I would love to see them!

  • Roy Central Fla. Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    @Dan,

    I have pics on my digital camera, do you have an email that I can attach files to?

  • Dan Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    @Roy Central Fla.,
    I do, I will send you an email with it! Thanks!

  • allison Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    I live in Fl as well and am wanting to start a garden soon, however the sand in by backyard will not hold nutrients well, would mixing fertilizer with the sand help my garden grown better?

  • Dan Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 8:57 am

    @allison,
    Fertilizer would help a little but it is not the best solution! Your best bet would be to build a raised bed garden, if not that then to amend your sandy soil with a lot of compost and other types of humus, such as leaf mold!

    Good luck!

  • Deborah Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:00 am

    Thanks for this site. I live in Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, and even Neil Sperry doesn’t cover us much! New to here (from Virginia), I have no idea how to garden in 100+ weather (Heat Zone 11, USDA zone 9-10), and at least I can adopt your information. Not much from gardeners down here! THANKS AGAIN, have subscribed to your RSS!

  • Dan Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 12:29 am

    @Deborah,
    It gets 100+ only a few times here, but there are a few vegetables that will do okay in that weather! Good luck with your garden!

  • pieternel Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 2:45 am

    When do we seed snow pea’s? Thanks

  • Dan Says:
    February 11th, 2010 at 2:51 am

    You can plant them about the same time as Beans, just make sure the temp doesnt drop bellow 45!

  • Holly Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    Thanks for the calendar! I recently moved to las vegas- got my raised beds built and have my peas, carrots, spinach and loose leaf lettuces out.

  • JonRigby2005 Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    First off great site you have here. This will be my first garden season (except once when I was 10, and it did fairly good for an unresearched kids garden) I can’t afford raised bed yet, so for this spring/fall it will be in native soil. I have 2 question… [edited for space, answered via email]

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