FALL GROWING GUIDE · REGION III
When to plant
carrots
in Central & East Texas.
Carrot reference dates shift markedly between northern and southern Texas. Choose your region before borrowing a planting month from a gardening checklist.
AVERAGE FALL PLANTING DATE
November 10
Direct sow · Frost tolerant
A recurring regional reference from the 2014 Extension guide. This is not a forecast; the source does not specify a closing date for this crop.
What this means for your garden.
Austin, Dallas, Waco and Houston appear within Region III on the historical source map. That grouping is a broad planning reference, not a claim that these cities share identical weather.
For carrots, the regional reference is November 10. The source provides no last optimum date for this crop. The calendar separates July tomato starts from much later root and leaf crops. Do not treat a pleasant September weekend as a reason to start every vegetable at once.
Your next three steps
- Choose the right start.
The source gives an average planting date, not a closing date. Check local conditions rather than turning that single day into a hard deadline.
- Give the plant a good first week.
Prepare a loose seedbed and follow the packet depth. Keep the seed row from drying out during germination, then thin crowded seedlings according to the variety.
- Keep a record you can use next season.
Save your planned date, then change it to the day you actually plant. Record completion in My Garden; the reference calendar stays separate from your own history.
WHY LOCATION MATTERS
One crop. Five different calendars.
How the same crop’s average date compares with Central & East Texas.
Texas PanhandleJuly 15118 days earlierWest TexasAugust 1587 days earlierCoastal South TexasNovember 2010 days laterRio Grande ValleyDecember 1535 days laterSource, scope & a little context.
Table 1 supplies average fall planting dates. Table 2 supplies last optimum dates only for the crops it lists. Figure 1 defines the five historical gardening regions; these are not current USDA hardiness zones.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension · Fall Vegetable Gardening Guide (EHT-056) ↗Dates: Table 1, p. 2. Region: Figure 1, p. 3. Source checked 2026-09-27. Editorial care notes are general planning advice; your county Extension office can refine them.
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