Zone 9A — April
What to Plant in April in Zone 9A
April in Zone 9A:
0 crops to start indoors,
0 to plant or direct sow outside, and
115 entering harvest window.
Last frost averages March 4. Reference city: Austin, TX.
0 Start Indoors
0 Plant Outside
115 Harvest
Start Indoors in April
Nothing to start seeds indoors in April for Zone 9A.
Next window: May — 2 varieties, including Cherry Bomb peppers (fall planting), Datil peppers (fall planting).
Plant Outside in April
Nothing to plant or sow outside in April for Zone 9A.
Next window: August — 152 varieties, including Abe Lincoln Tomatoes (fall planting), Ace 55 Tomatoes (fall planting), Aji Dulce Peppers (fall planting).
Harvest in April
| Plant | Type | Planted / Sown | Harvest Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candy Onion | allium | Jan 28 | Apr 28 – May 8 |
| All Season Cabbage | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 29 – May 9 |
| All Year Round Cauliflower | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| All Year Round Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 14 – Apr 23 |
| Blue Curled Scotch Kale | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Bouquet Dill | herb | Feb 18 | Apr 9 – Apr 24 |
| Calabrese Broccoli | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Catalogna Chicory | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 |
| Charleston Wakefield Cabbage | brassica | Feb 11 | Apr 22 |
| Chinese Forget-Me-Not Flowers | flower | Feb 2 | Apr 8 – Apr 28 |
| Copenhagen Cabbage | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Crisphead Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 18 – Apr 25 |
| Curly Kale | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 15 |
| Dark Green Italian Giant Parsley | herb | Feb 18 | Apr 19 – May 4 |
| Dark Green Romaine Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 20 |
| Delicatesse Blue Kohlrabi | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Delicatesse White Kohlrabi | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Di Cicco Broccoli | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 4 – Apr 7 |
| Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage | brassica | Feb 11 | Apr 17 – Apr 27 |
| Early Purple Broccoli | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Evergreen Parsley | herb | Feb 18 | Apr 29 – May 14 |
| Fairy Dwarf Mix Candytuft Flowers | flower | Feb 18 | Apr 4 – Apr 14 |
| Georgia Southern Collard Greens | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 20 – May 5 |
| Golden Acre Cabbage | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Hard Red Wheat Cover Crop | cover crop | Feb 11 | Apr 27 – May 17 |
| Iceberg Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 18 – Apr 25 |
| Igloo Cauliflower | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 – Apr 29 |
| Kagraner Sommer Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 8 |
| Lacinato Kale | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 15 |
| Lollo Rossa Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 3 – Apr 6 |
| Magenta Sunset Swiss Chard | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Mammoth Dill | herb | Feb 18 | Apr 4 – Apr 24 |
| Medium Red Clover Cover Crop | cover crop | Feb 18 | Apr 19 – May 4 |
| Michihili Cabbage | brassica | Feb 11 | Apr 22 |
| Morris Heading Collard | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 25 – Apr 30 |
| Mâche (Corn Salad) | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – May 4 |
| Napa Cabbage | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 20 |
| Radicchio | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – May 5 |
| Rapini Broccoli Raab | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 15 |
| Red Acre Cabbage | brassica | Feb 11 | Apr 27 – May 2 |
| Red Romaine Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 20 |
| Red-Stem Malabar Spinach | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 20 |
| Romaine Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 15 – Apr 25 |
| Royal Carpet Alyssum Flowers | flower | Feb 18 | Apr 4 – Apr 19 |
| Ruby Red Swiss Chard | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Scarlet Flax Flowers | flower | Feb 18 | Apr 14 – Apr 29 |
| Snowball Self-Blanche Cauliflower | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Summer Bibb Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Très Fine Maraîchère Frisée | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 |
| Tuscany Black Kale | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 25 |
| Vates Collard | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 10 – Apr 25 |
| Vienna Purple Kohlrabi | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 5 – Apr 15 |
| Vienna White Kohlrabi | brassica | Feb 9 | Apr 5 |
| Violetta Purple Cauliflower | brassica | Feb 18 | Apr 24 |
| Winter Density Lettuce | lettuce | Feb 9 | Apr 4 – Apr 10 |
| Yellow Sweet Blossom Clover Cover Crop | cover crop | Feb 2 | Apr 3 – May 3 |
| Alaska Mix Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 8 |
| Baby's Breath Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 18 – May 3 |
| Beauty Pink Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 6 |
| Beauty Purple Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Beauty White Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 10 – Apr 20 |
| Beit Alpha Cucumbers | cucumber | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 15 |
| Black Beauty Zucchini | squash | Mar 15 | Apr 29 – May 9 |
| Blue Lake Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 8 |
| Boltardy Beets | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 10 |
| Borage | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 18 |
| Boston Pickling Cucumber | cucumber | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Buckwheat | cover crop | Mar 4 | Apr 3 – Apr 18 |
| Bull's Blood Beets | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Bush Pickle Cucumbers | cucumber | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – May 3 |
| Calypso Cilantro | herb | Mar 4 | Apr 23 – Apr 28 |
| Champion Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Cherry Belle Radish | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 5 |
| Contender Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – May 5 |
| County Fair Cucumbers | cucumber | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 2 |
| Dark Green Summer Squash | squash | Mar 11 | Apr 30 |
| Dill | herb | Mar 4 | Apr 13 – Apr 28 |
| Dwarf Jewel Mix Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 23 – May 3 |
| Early Wonder Beets | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 30 |
| Easter Egg Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 8 – Apr 12 |
| Eight Ball Zucchini | squash | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – May 5 |
| Empress of India Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 8 |
| French Breakfast Radish | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 1 |
| Glorious Gleam Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 13 |
| Gold Rush Zucchini | squash | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – Apr 30 |
| Golden Globe Turnips | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – Apr 30 |
| Golden Wax Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 10 |
| Green Purslane | vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 15 – Apr 30 |
| Hailstone Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 10 |
| Harvester Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Lacy Phacelia Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 18 – May 3 |
| Landreth Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Lebanese White Bush Summer Squash | squash | Mar 11 | Apr 30 |
| Maxibel Filet Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 10 |
| Minowase Daikon Radish | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 25 – May 5 |
| Nasturtium | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 23 – May 8 |
| Orange Sulphur Cosmos Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 13 |
| Peach Melba Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 23 – May 3 |
| Phacelia cover crop and bee forage | cover crop | Mar 4 | Apr 18 – May 3 |
| Provider Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Purple Plum Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 8 – Apr 10 |
| Purple Top White Globe Turnip | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 30 |
| Slow-Bolt (Slo-Bolt) Cilantro/Coriander | herb | Mar 4 | Apr 1 – Apr 13 |
| Sparkler Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 5 – Apr 10 |
| Summer Max Mix Cover Crop | cover crop | Mar 4 | Apr 18 – May 3 |
| Sunspot Sunflowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 13 |
| Sweet Alyssum | flower | Mar 18 | Apr 27 – May 12 |
| Tall Trailing Mix Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 13 |
| Tendergreen Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Top Crop Bush Bean | legume | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 5 |
| Tri Color Amaranth (Joseph's Coat) | vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 10 – Apr 25 |
| Watermelon Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 30 – May 15 |
| Whirlybird Nasturtium Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 23 – May 3 |
| White Icicle Radishes | root vegetable | Mar 11 | Apr 10 |
| Yellow Sulphur Cosmos Flowers | flower | Mar 4 | Apr 28 – May 13 |
Key Tasks for April in Zone 9A
- 1 Check soil moisture before watering — stick a finger 2 inches into the soil. Water only when the soil is dry at that depth. Consistent moisture is more important than frequency.
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