What to plant in April:
April is a BIG month for planting. There is a LOT of things that can be planted this month, and not much left to plant in your veggie garden by May.
I originally got this info from a book called Month-to-Month Gardening in Texas
, but have now updated it with the Aggie Spring Planting Guide, which I assume is updated for more current seasonal weather conditions due to climate change. A few of the pics no longer match but I'm a bit lazy to change it.
, but have now updated it with the Aggie Spring Planting Guide, which I assume is updated for more current seasonal weather conditions due to climate change. A few of the pics no longer match but I'm a bit lazy to change it. This is the last month this Spring to plant the items in bold. Those with "plant by" dates before the end of the month are noted. The rest you have time to plant later if you want to.
DIRECT SEED
Arugula
Beans, Lima (before April 15)
Beans, Bush (before April 15)
Beans, Snap and Liana - (before April 15*/30**)
Cantaloupe***
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant***
Lettuce, Leaf***
Peas, southern
Sweet Potato (slips)
Pumpkin (before April 20)
Radish
Soybean
Squash (Summer/Yellow, Winter, Patti Pan, Zucchini)
Turnip (before April 15)
Watermelon***
TRANSPLANT
Basil
Cantaloupe
Cucumber
Eggplant
Okra (after April 15)
Pepper (sweet and hot)
Tomatoes (before April 10)
Watermelon
*According to Aggie Guide
**According to The Central Texas Community Gardening Guide
***The Central Texas Community Gardening Guide and Aggie Guide disagree. See plant below for details:
- Cantaloupe: Cnt. TX Guide does not suggest direct planting these by seed in Spring, but the Aggie Guide says you can.
- Eggplant: : Cnt. TX Guide does not suggest direct planting these by seed at any time, but the Aggie Guide says you can plant this month.
- Lettuce: Cnt. TX Guide says you can plant leaf lettuce (not head) this month, but Aggie guide says lettuce should be planted by March 15 (but does not specify leaf or head)
- Watermelon: Cnt. TX Guide does not suggest direct planting these by seed in Spring, but the Aggie Guide says you can.
I
found the photos for my mosaic on Flickr, and the photographers were
nice enough to offer up for use through Creative Commons (click on the
links to see the photos larger). Yes, the Sountern Peas (ie cowpeas) in
that picture are blighted (that was just a hard one to find, so I took
what I could get.)
PHOTO CREDITS:
1. Cantaloupes, 2. Collards*, 3. Corn, 4. Cucumber, 5. Cushaw (and Pumpkins) 6. Eggplant, 7. Melons (honeydew), 8. Lima Beans, 9. Luffa, 10. Malabar Spinach, 11. Okra, 12. Peppers, 13. Pumpkin., 14. Snapbeans (19), 15. Southern Peas, 16. Summer Squash, 17. Sweet Potatoes, 18. Swiss Chard*, 19. Tomato 20. Watermelon
*Both Aggie Guide and Cnt. TX Guide suggests an earlier plant by date, so these are no longer listed to plant this month. I think the original was from a book on gardening in Texas, so it had less specific dates on some of these. It's not worth editing the picture over.
1. Cantaloupes, 2. Collards*, 3. Corn, 4. Cucumber, 5. Cushaw (and Pumpkins) 6. Eggplant, 7. Melons (honeydew), 8. Lima Beans, 9. Luffa, 10. Malabar Spinach, 11. Okra, 12. Peppers, 13. Pumpkin., 14. Snapbeans (19), 15. Southern Peas, 16. Summer Squash, 17. Sweet Potatoes, 18. Swiss Chard*, 19. Tomato 20. Watermelon
*Both Aggie Guide and Cnt. TX Guide suggests an earlier plant by date, so these are no longer listed to plant this month. I think the original was from a book on gardening in Texas, so it had less specific dates on some of these. It's not worth editing the picture over.
