When to plant / Texas
When to plant collards and kale 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
Spring: 2 to 6 weeks before. AgriLife calls the spring reference the frost-free date. This site applies the offset to the NOAA median (50%) last 32°F date because the guide does not name a probability level.
Fall: 8 to 12 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: 50-80. Days to harvest from AgriLife Table 9, Collard (Kale), 50–80. Kale and collards on this site both use that row. 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. Spring December 19–January 16. Fall October 5–November 2.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Spring January 14–February 11. Fall September 5–October 3.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Spring January 20–February 17. Fall September 6–October 4.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Spring January 23–February 20. Fall September 1–September 29.
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.