When to plant / Texas
When to plant turnips 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: 2 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: 30-60. Table 9 lists Turnip, greens at 30 days and Turnip, roots at 30–60 days. The 30–60 range on this page covers both rows. Table 8 gives both rows the same spring weeks, 2 to 6 before, and the same fall weeks, 2 to 12 before. 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–December 14.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Spring January 14–February 11. Fall September 5–November 14.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Spring January 20–February 17. Fall September 6–November 15.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Spring January 23–February 20. Fall September 1–November 10.
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: September 1
- Region II: October 15
- Region III: November 1
- Region IV: December 1
- Region V: December 15
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.