On Saturday, the LSU AgCenter released its GNO Gardening magazine. Included in the magazine is an April Vegetable Planting Guide. The recommended crops for April planting are listed in the table below. The full magazine is available to read online or print below the table. Also below is a Beneficial Companion Gardening guide.
| Crop | Recommended Variety |
| Snap Beans (bush or pole) | Bush-Blue Lake 274, Bronco, Derby, Lynx, Strike Pole-Blue Lake, Kentucky Blue, McCaslin |
| Sweet Corn | Merit, Silver Queen, Honey ‘n Pearl, Ambrosia |
| Summer Squash | Gold Rush, Justice III, Multipik, Patriot II |
| Hot Peppers (transplant) | Grande, Tula, Mariachi, Mitla, |
| Cantaloupe | Ambrosia, Aphrodite, Athena, Primo, Vienna |
| Southern Peas | Queen Anne, California #5, Quickpick, Colussus |
| Tomato (transplant) | Better Boy, Big Beef, Cupid, Pink Girl, Juliet, Sweet Milton, Bella Rosa, Carolina Gold |
| Collards | Champion, Flash, Georgia, Top Bunch, Vates |
| Cucumbers | Dasher II, Diva, Fanfare, General Lee, Indy, Olympian, Sweet Success, Sweet Slice |
| Cucuzza | None Given |
| Lima Beans (bush or pole) | Dixie Butterpea, Jackson Wonder, Thorogreen Florida Speckled, King of Garden |
| Bell Peppers transplants) | Aristotle X3R, Jupiter, Lilac, Plato, Tequila |
| Kohlrabi | Early Purple Vienna, Early White, Vienna, Winner |
| Okra | Annie Oakley, Cajun Delight, Clemson Spineless |
| Pumpkins | Atlantic Giant, Baby Bear, Prankster, Sorcerer |
| Radishes | Cherriette, Champion, White Icicle, April Cross |
| Swiss Chard | None Given |
| Winter Squash | Honey Bear, Sweet Mama, Table Queen, Tivoli |
| Eggplant | Dusky, Night Shadow, Epic, Santana, Calliope |