What to Plant in January in Zone 10: Cool Crops, Cover Crops, and Fig
In USDA zone 10, January finishes garlic and fall fig, then opens cool-season greens, roots, brassicas, peas, herbs, flowers, and cover crops from mid-mon...
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What to Plant in January in Zone 10
In USDA zone 10, January is a transition month. Early January finishes garlic (through about January 1) and the fall fig window (through about January 15). From about January 15, catalog spring windows open for greens, roots, brassicas, peas, cool herbs, cover crops, and several flowers.
Typical last frost for zone 10 averages around January 30. Confirm with the first-frost lookup and the first frost guide. Also check the zone 10 January calendar and what to plant now.
Finish Garlic and Fall Fig
Garlic runs about November 15 to January 1—plant only if that window still fits at the start of the month. Fig fall planting is about December 1 to January 15. Garlic, fig tree.
Mid-January Cool-Season Block
From about January 15, sow while spring windows fit:
- Greens: lettuce (including butterhead, red leaf, romaine), spinach, arugula, kale, collards, Swiss chard, bok choy. Lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula.
- Roots: radish, beet (including Chioggia), turnip, parsnip, carrot (including Nantes). Radish, beet, carrot.
- Brassicas and stalks: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, celery, leeks, onions. Broccoli, cabbage.
- Peas and cover crops: pea, sugar snap pea, winter peas, crimson clover, hairy vetch, oats. Pea, winter peas, crimson clover.
- Cool herbs: parsley, flat-leaf parsley, dill, chives, chervil, mint, peppermint, lemon balm. Parsley, dill.
Flowers and Spring Fig
From about January 15: pansy, snapdragon, sweet pea, and breadseed poppy. Fig spring planting also opens about January 15 and runs to about March 1. Pansy, snapdragon, fig tree.
Next Steps
Finish garlic early, keep cool-season beds filled from mid-January, and set spring fig while dormant. Compare December zone 10, February zone 10, and the cover crop timing guide.