When to plant Veggies
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The following list shows when to plant vegetables in
southern California. The most common vegetable crops are listed. This is
specificly a southern california vegetable planting guide,
and the two sets of planting dates are for coastal regions (Camarillo, Oxnard)
and the interior (Thousand Oaks, Ojai). Where there are two possible crops per
year, planting dates are separated with';'. When planting vegetables in
California, make sure the varieties you select are suited for your particular
climate. No matter what zone you live in, see the video demo on my
Garden Planning software review page.
|
Name | Plant date
Coastal
|
Plant date
Interior
| Warm/Cool
Season
| Amount
to plant
|
Inches
Between
|
| Artichoke | May-July | July |
Cool | 3-4 plants | 48" |
| Asparagus |
Jan-Feb | Jan-Feb | Cool | 30-40 plants | 12" |
|
Beans, Lima | May-Jun | May-Jun | Warm | 15'-30' row
|
6"
|
| Beans, Snap | March-August,
|
Ap-may;
Jul-Aug | Warm | 15'-25' row | 3" (bush)
24"
(pole) |
| Beets | Jan-Sep
| Feb-Apr;Aug |
Cool | 10'-15' row | 18" |
| Broccoli |
Jun-Jul
Jan-Feb
| Dec-Feb
Jul
| Cool |
6'-10' row | 12"-18" |
| Brussels Sprouts | Jun-Jul |
-----
| Cool
| 15'-20' row | 24" |
|
Cabbage | Aug-Feb | Jul;Feb | Cool | 10-15 plant |
24" |
Cabbage, Chinese
| Aug-Octb | Aug |
Cool | 10'-15' row | 6" |
Cantelopes,
other melons | Apr-May | Apr-Jun | Warm | 5-10 hills |
12" |
| Carrots | Jan-Sep | Aug-Sep;
Feb-Apr |
Cool | 10'-25' row | 2" |
| Cauliflower |
Jul-Oct
Jan-Feb
| Jul-Aug | Cool | 10-15 plants |
24" |
| Celery | Apr-Aug | Jun-Aug | Cool |
20'-30' row | 5" |
| Chard | Feb-May |
Feb-Aug | Cool | 3-4 plants
| 12" |
|
Chayote | Apr-May | Apr-Jun | Warm | 1-2 plants
|
72" |
| Chives | Feb-Apr | ---
| Cool
|
1 clump
| --- |
| Corn, sweet | Mar-Jul |
Feb-Mar | Warm | 4 rows x 20'-30' | 12" |
|
Cucumbers | Apr-Jun | Apr-Jul | Warm | 6 plants
|
24" |
| Eggplant | Apr-May | Apr-May | Warm |
4-6 plants | 18" |
| Endive | Dec-Aug |
Jan-Apr
Aug | Cool | 10'-15' row | 10" |
|
Fennel | Feb-Jul | Aug | Cool | 10'-15' row |
4" |
| Garlic | Oct-Dec | Oct-Dec | Cool |
10'-20' row
| 3" |
Kale,
| Aug-Oct |
Aug-Sep | Cool | 10' row
| 18"-4"
|
|
Kohlrabi | Jan;
Aug-Sep | Aug | Cool
|
10'-15' row
| 3" |
| Leeks | Jan-Apr |
Jan-Apr | Cool | 10' row
| 2" |
|
Lettuce | Aug-Apr | Aug;
Nov-Mar | Cool |
10-15' row,
or 5'/month | 12" |
| Mustard |
Aug-Feb | Aug; Apr
| Cool | 10' row | 8" |
|
Okra | Apr-May | May
| Warm
| 10'-20' row |
18" |
| Onions (bulb) | Feb-Mar | Nov=Mar | Cool
|
30'-40' row | 3" |
| Onions (green) | All Year
|
Aug-dec | Cool
| ---
| --- |
|
Parsely | Mar-Jul | Dec-May | Cool
| 1-2 plants
|
8"
|
| Parsnips | Mar-Jul | Dec-May | Cool
|
10'-15' row
| 3"
|
| Peas | Aug;
Dec-Mar
| Sep-Jan;
Jan-Feb
| Cool
| 30'-40'
row
| 2"
|
| Peppers | Apr-May | May |
Warm
| 5-10 plants
| 24"
|
|
Potatoes,sweet | Apr-May | Apr-Jun | Warm | 50'-100'
row | 12" |
| Potatoes. white | Feb-May;
Jun-Aug
|
Feb-May;
Jun-Aug | Warm | 50'-100' row | 12" |
|
Pumpkins | May-Jun | May-Jun
| Warm
| 1-3
Plants
| 48" |
| Radish | All Year
|
Sep-Apr
| Cool
| 4' row
| 1"
|
|
Rhubarb | Dec-Jan
| dec-Jan
| Cool
| 2-3
plants
| 36"
|
| Rutabaga | Jul-Sep;
Aug-Mar
| Jul-Sep;
Aug-Mar | Cool | 10'-15' row
|
3" |
| Spinach | Aug-Mar | Sep-Jan | Cool
|
10'-20' row
| 3" |
| Squash, summer |
Apr-Jun
| Apr-Jul
| Warm | 2-4 plants
|
24" |
| Squash,winter | Apr-Jun | Apr-Jun | Warm |
2-4 plants | 24" |
| Tomatoes | Apr-July15 |
Apr-May | Warm | 6-12 plants
| 18"-36" |
| Turnips | Jan | Feb;Aug |
Cool | 10'-15' row | 2" |
| Watermelon |
Apr-Jun | Apr-Jun | Warm | 6 plants
| 60" |
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