FALL GROWING GUIDE · REGION IV
When to plant
cucumbers
in Coastal South Texas.
A fall cucumber planting still needs enough frost-free growing time to produce. Its place in the calendar comes earlier than many cool-season leaves.
AVERAGE FALL PLANTING DATE
September 10
Direct sow · Frost sensitive
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.
The southern coastal band around Corpus Christi and Laredo is Region IV in this guide. Several cool-season planting dates run into November and December.
For cucumbers, the regional reference is September 10. The source provides no last optimum date for this crop. A later calendar does not make new transplants immune to heat or wet soil. Check moisture before watering, especially while roots are becoming established.
Your next three steps
- Choose the right start.
Look at maturity information and your local frost outlook together. The average start in the table is not a guarantee of a harvest.
- Give the plant a good first week.
Choose a variety and support arrangement that suit the available space. Check new seedlings and the surrounding soil rather than watering on an inflexible schedule.
- 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 Coastal South Texas.
Texas PanhandleJuly 1557 days earlierWest TexasAugust 140 days earlierCentral & East TexasSeptember 19 days earlierRio Grande ValleyOctober 121 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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