When to plant / Texas
When to plant garlic 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: 4 to 6 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: 140-150. 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 November 16–November 30.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Fall October 17–October 31.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Fall October 18–November 1.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Fall October 13–October 27.
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.