This document provides planting recommendations for vegetables by month in Louisiana. It lists which vegetables can be planted each month, including frost-sensitive plants that can be started indoors. Recommendations are from LSU AgCenter and other sources. Some vegetables that can be planted throughout much of the year include collards, kale, mustard, parsley, spinach, Swiss chard and turnips.

1. Supplement 21, My Yard
Sow Vegetable Seeds all month or during dates suggested in parentheses
(frost-sensitive plants can be planted indoors and transplanted once soil temperatures warm up.)
Recommendations from LSU AgCenter and other sources.
1) January
asparagus crowns, beet (1/15-2/28), bell pepper (1/15-2/28), broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower (1/15-2/15),
Chinese cabbage (1/15-2/15), carrot (1/15-2/15), eggplant (1/15-5/31), hot pepper (1/15-5/1), English
peas, lettuce, mustard, onion & leek plants 12/15-1/30), mustard, parsley, potato (1/20-2/28),
radish 9/1-3/31), spinach, Swiss chard (1/15-5/1), tomato (1/1-3/15), turnip; bare-root trees and shrubs
2) February
asparagus crowns or transplants, beet, bell pepper, cantaloupe, carrot (1/15-2/15), cauliflower (1/15-
2/15), Chinese cabbage (1/15-2/15), corn (2/15-5/15), hot pepper, kale (2/15-3/30), kohlrabi, mustard,
parsley, potato, radishes, snap beans (2/15-5/15), spinach, Swiss chard, tomato, turnip; bare-root trees
and shrubs
3) March
collards (3/15-10/1), corn, cucumber, eggplant, hot pepper, Lima beans, Swiss chard, kale, kohlrabi,
mustard, okra, parsley, pumpkin (3/15-9/15), radish, snap beans, Southern peas, tomato, cucumber,
summer squash, watermelon (3/15-8/1)
4) April
cantaloupe, Swiss chard, collards, corn, cucumber; eggplant; hot pepper, Lima beans, Malabar/New
Zealand spinach, okra, parsley, peanut, pumpkin, snap beans, Southern peas, summer squash,
sweet potato (4/10-7/1), watermelon
5) May
cantaloupe, Swiss chard, collards, corn (2/15-5/15), cucumber, eggplant, hot pepper, Lima beans,
Malabar/New Zealand spinach, okra, peanut, pumpkin, Southern peas, snap beans (2/15-5/15),
summer squash, sweet potato, watermelon
6) June
bell pepper (6/5-7/5), cantaloupe, collards, cucumber, okra, peanut (4/1-6/15), Southern peas,
sweet potato, pumpkin, summer squash, tomato, watermelon
7) July
broccoli (7/15-9/1), Brussels sprouts (7/15-9/1), cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower; Chinese cabbage
(7/15-10/1), collards, cucumber, okra, Southern peas, pumpkin, rutabaga, shallots, summer squash
8) August
beet (8/15-10/1), broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage,
collards, cucumber, kale, kohlrabi (8/15- 10/30), lettuce (8/15-9/30), Lima beans, mustard, okra, onion
& leek (9/20-10/15), potato (8/15-9/10), pumpkin, rutabaga, shallots, snap beans (8/10-9/1), Southern
peas (3/1-8/10), summer squash (3/1-8/15), Swiss chard (8/15-10/30), turnip,
9) September
beet, cabbage (7/1-9/15), carrot, English peas (9/1-9/15), snap beans (8/10-9/10), Swiss chard, Chinese
cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onion & leek, potato (8/15-9/10) pumpkin (3/15-
9/15), radish, shallots, turnip; also, winter cover crops
10) October
cabbage, celery, carrot, celery, Swiss chard, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, onion & leek (9/20-10/15),
parsley, radish, shallots, spinach, turnip; also, cover crops
11) November
cabbage, celery, mustard, parsley shallots, spinach, turnip
12) December
cabbage, English peas (12/15-1/31), mustard, onion & leek plants (12/15-1/30), parsley, shallots,
spinach, turnip