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When to plant winter squash 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 4 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 14 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: 85-100. 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–February 27. Fall September 21–October 5.
- San AntonioSAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD, TX US, 3.2 miles. Spring March 3–March 24. Fall August 22–September 5.
- DallasDALLAS LOVE FLD, TX US, 6.6 miles. Spring March 9–March 30. Fall August 23–September 6.
- Fort WorthFT WORTH MEACHAM FLD NAAF, TX US, 2.4 miles. Spring March 12–April 2. Fall August 18–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 15
- Region II: July 1
- Region III: August 10
- Region IV: September 1
- Region V: September 10
City frost pages in Texas are listed on Texas.