When to plant / Texas
When to plant cauliflower in Texas
Table 8 is statewide and is written as weeks before or after the frost-free date (spring) and the first freeze date (fall). It is not a single calendar date for every Texas city.
Source: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide, retrieved 2026-10-10.
What the guide prints
The spring column for this crop is marked not recommended.
Fall: 10 to 16 weeks before. AgriLife calls the fall reference the first freeze date. This site applies the offset to the NOAA median (50%) first 32°F date because the guide does not name a probability level.
Days to harvest in the same guide: 70-90. Days to harvest from AgriLife Table 9. The table does not say whether the count starts at seeding or transplanting.
Same weeks, different stations
These cities use their own median 32°F dates. The week offsets are unchanged.
- HoustonHOUSTON HOBBY AP, TX US, 12.1 miles. Fall September 7–October 19.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Fall August 8–September 19.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Fall August 9–September 20.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Fall August 4–September 15.
Fall calendar dates by Texas region
Larry Stein and Joe Masabni, Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide for Texas. Texas regions I-V are AgriLife Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide Table 3: zone 6 (6a/6b) = I, zone 7 (7a/7b) = II, zone 8 (8a/8b) = III, 9a = IV, 9b = V. Zones warmer than 9b are not in that table.
- Region I: July 15
- Region II: August 1
- Region III: September 1
- Region IV: October 1
- Region V: November 1
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.