When to plant / Texas
When to plant peppers 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: 1 to 8 weeks after. 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: 12 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: 60-90. 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. Spring February 6–March 26. Fall September 7–October 5.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Spring March 3–April 21. Fall August 8–September 5.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Spring March 9–April 27. Fall August 9–September 6.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Spring March 12–April 30. Fall August 4–September 1.
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: June 1
- Region II: June 15
- Region III: July 1
- Region IV: July 15
- Region V: August 1
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.