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.
Sweet pea timing and other fall flower dates for zone 9: 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.