Texas · Garden vegetables
Typically mid-May to mid-October, with peak mid-June through mid-September.
Hatched chalk = early and late shoulders; solid = peak.
A signature summer crop statewide; the Rio Grande Valley starts in May and picks past October.
From mid-May — first pickings, lighter supply, best prices come later.
mid-June through mid-September — full stalls, full flavor. This is the stretch to plan around.
Through mid-October — quantity for preserving, and the stalls start dealing.
about 22 weeks end to end, shoulders included.
Offered at Southern u-pick vegetable farms; wear gloves and long sleeves against the plants' irritating spines. The picking window tracks the band above: early trips get clean fields, peak (mid-June through mid-September) is the sure bet, late season is for quantity.
Farm-to-farm variation is real — up to two weeks either side of the typical window. Plan the trip, then call the farm before you drive.
Okra peak moves across the map. After this window, it lands next in:
In Texas, the okra season typically runs mid-May to mid-October, with peak availability mid-June through mid-September. Exact weeks shift a little with each year's weather.
Aim for peak: mid-June through mid-September. An early trip around mid-May gets first choice of clean fields; a late one is for stock-the-freezer quantity. Any single farm can run up to two weeks either side of the chart — call before you drive.
about 22 weeks end to end — mid-May to mid-October. The early and late shoulders are real but lighter; the solid stretch of chalk on the band is the sure bet.