Zone 9a planting calendar

What to plant in April: zone 9a

Zone 9a averages its last spring frost around February 28 and its first fall frost around December 5. Everything below is timed from those two dates, so it stays useful whether you're planting for summer or for a fall harvest.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.

Last frost: February 28

First frost: December 5

Winter lows: 20 to 25 °F

Zone 9a Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Succession sow

Cucumberaround Apr 4
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Zucchiniaround Apr 4
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Basilaround Apr 4
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Bush beanaround Apr 11
Sowing 3: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Winter squasharound Apr 11
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Sweet cornaround Apr 11
Sowing 3: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Beetaround Apr 18
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Carrotaround Apr 18
Sowing 2: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Bush beanaround Apr 25
Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Cucumberaround Apr 25
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Zucchiniaround Apr 25
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Sweet cornaround Apr 25
Sowing 4: replant every 14 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.
Basilaround Apr 25
Sowing 3: replant every 21 days so one planting never has to feed you all season.

Garden care

Side-dress heavy feedersaround Apr 11
Tomatoes, peppers, corn and squash get compost or fish emulsion once fruit sets.
Prune and stake tomatoesaround Apr 18
Pull suckers and lower leaves for airflow. The main defense against blight in humid heat.
Shade the cool-season bedaround Apr 25
30-40% shade cloth keeps lettuce, cilantro and spinach from bolting in peak heat.

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