Fort Worth, TX · zone 8a · ~258 frost-free days
When to plant a garden in Fort Worth.
In Fort Worth, the typical last spring frost lands around Mar 8 and the first fall frost around Nov 21, giving you about 258 frost-free days. Cool-season crops go out before the last frost; warm-season crops wait until after it.
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Sow dates for Fort Worth, keyed to your frost.
| Crop | Start indoors | Spring sow / set out | Fall sow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato, slicing | Feb 1 to Apr 3 | Mar 15 to May 15 | — |
| Lettuce, leaf | — | Jan 29 to Mar 15 | Sep 7 to Nov 6 |
| Carrot | — | Jan 29 to Mar 3 | Aug 26 to Sep 21 |
| Bush Bean | — | Mar 8 to Apr 28 | Aug 7 to Sep 9 |
| Cucumber, slicing | — | Mar 15 to Jun 14 | Jul 21 to Aug 21 |
| Pepper, bell | Feb 10 to Apr 3 | Mar 24 to May 15 | — |
| Kale | Dec 18 to Jan 15 | Jan 29 to Feb 26 | Aug 21 to Oct 6 |
| Spinach | — | Jan 15 to Feb 26 | Sep 7 to Oct 26 |
Fort Worth sits in Zone 8a, but two gardens in the same city can be a week or two apart. The planner works from your ZIP code's frost dates, not the zone, so the dates land right for your block, not the metro average.
Build your Fort Worth garden plan.
Tell the free planner what you want to eat and who you're feeding. It returns plant counts, spacing, and frost-safe sow dates for ZIP 76102 in about 60 seconds.