What to Plant in November in Zone 10: Cool Crops, Flowers, and Garlic
In USDA zone 10, November supports cool-season greens, roots, brassicas, and flowers. Garlic begins mid-November and runs into early January.
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What to Plant in November in Zone 10
In USDA zone 10, November is a main cool-season planting month. Greens, roots, brassicas, herbs, and flowers keep catalog windows open through mid-December. Garlic begins around mid-November and continues into early January.
Typical first frost averages around late December (about December 30). Confirm with the first-frost lookup and the first frost guide. Also check the zone 10 November calendar and what to plant now.
Cool-Season Sowings
- Greens: lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, collards, Swiss chard, bok choy. Lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale.
- Roots: radish, beet, turnip, parsnip; carrot while its window through mid-November still fits. Radish, beet, carrot.
- Brassicas: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts as transplants or seed when nights cool. Broccoli, cabbage.
- Peas, onions, and cool herbs such as cilantro, dill, parsley, and chives where October-December windows fit.
Flowers
Bachelor's button, pansy, snapdragon, sweet pea, nasturtium, and related cool-season flowers have November-December catalog windows. Sow into prepared beds and keep the seedbed moist.
Garlic From Mid-November
The zone 10 garlic window is about November 15 to January 1. Wait for cooler soil, then plant cloves in well-drained beds. Softnecks and pre-chilling are common in mild winters. Garlic and garlic timing by zone.
Next Steps
Fill cool-season beds through November, start garlic once soil cools mid-month, and protect young plants from rare early cold snaps. Compare October zone 10 and November zone 9.
Sweet pea timing and other fall flower dates for zone 10: when to plant sweet peas by zone, when to sow poppy seeds by zone, and flower seeds to sow in fall by zone.
Frost and Freeze Protection
Check kill temperatures on the Frost Harvest Desk. See which vegetables survive a hard freeze, how to use row cover and low tunnels, and what temperature kills tomato and pepper plants.