Planting a fall vegetable garden is a hot topic
Now is the time to sow seeds and place transplants for nutritious produce
As spring-grown tomatoes fade away, it’s time to transplant a fall crop.
August also is sowing time for beans, cucumbers and winter squash. And September is all about the cole crops – broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale and mustard.
Fall planting guide
- Beets, seed: mid-September to mid-October
- Broccoli, transplant: mid-September-October
- Bush beans, seed: late August-September
- Cabbage, transplant: mid-September to mid-October
- Carrots, seed: mid-October to mid-November
- Cauliflower, transplant: mid-September to mid-October
- Collards, seed: mid-September-October
- Cucumber, seed: August
- Garlic, cloves: October
- Kale, seed/transplant: September-November
- Kohlrabi, transplant: mid-September-November
- Leek, seed/transplant: October-November
- Lettuce, leaf, seed/transplant: October-November
- Mustard, seed: mid-September-October
- Mustard, transplant: mid-September-November
- Onion, seed: mid-October to mid-November
- Peas, snap, seed: late-September-October
- Radicchio, seed: late September-October
- Radish, seed: September-late November
- Spinach, seed: October-late November
- Summer squash, seed/transplant: early September
- Swiss chard, seed/transplant: September-October
- Tomatoes, transplant: August
- Turnip, seed: September-November
- Winter squash, seed/transplant: mid-August