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.
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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