Fall Vegetable Planting 2021

It's time for the third season of vegetable planting. Third season you say!? Oh, you betcha, yah.

 

 

photo from Pinterest

 

Quick review - the first season is early spring planting for the cool crops (lettuce, broccoli, etc.), next are the warm crops (tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc.) planted from mid-May to the first of June. And now it's time for another round of cool crops that get established in August and grow into fall.

 
Check the chart below. I included two warm season plants on the chart - basil and New Zealand spinach which can also be seeded right now. 

Other warm crops that can be directly seeded or transplanted (if you grew them indoors or purchased at a garden center) are summer squash, bush beans and cucumber. Check the seed package for maturity days, look for shortest, 50 days or so are ideal.

 

When nights turn cooler in late summer to fall (below 50 degrees) be sure to use a row cover or frost blanket on warm crops. The cool crops can easily handle cooler nights.