What to Plant in November in Zone 9: Garlic and Cool-Season Crops
In USDA zone 9, November is a strong cool-season month for greens, roots, and brassicas, with garlic opening November 1 through mid-December.
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What to Plant in November in Zone 9
In USDA zone 9, November is a strong cool-season planting month. Garlic opens on the catalog calendar from about November 1 to December 15. Greens, roots, brassicas, herbs, and many flowers continue through November into early December.
Typical first frost for zone 9 averages around December 10. Confirm with the first-frost lookup and the first frost guide. Also check the zone 9 November calendar and what to plant now.
Plant Garlic
Plant garlic now in cool, well-drained soil. Softneck types are common in mild winters; pre-chilling can help if bulbs were stored warm. Garlic and garlic timing by zone.
Sow Cool-Season Crops
- Greens: lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, collards, Swiss chard, bok choy. Lettuce, spinach, arugula, kale, collard greens.
- Roots: radish, beet, turnip, parsnip; carrot only while its earlier November-ending window still fits. Radish, beet, carrot.
- Brassicas: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts — transplants often establish faster than outdoor seed. Broccoli, cabbage.
- Peas and onions: sow where the October-December catalog window fits. Pea, onion.
- Flowers: pansy, snapdragon, sweet pea, and related cool-season flowers with November-December windows.
Fruit Notes
Fig and some cane berries have late-fall windows into December. Plant dormant stock when soil is workable. Check the zone 9 November calendar for each crop.
Next Steps
Sow short rows, keep seedbeds moist, and plant garlic as soil cools. Compare October zone 9, November zone 8, and November zone 10.