{"id":7914,"date":"2016-07-15T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7914"},"modified":"2015-09-11T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T21:29:46","slug":"late-summer-planting-of-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/07\/15\/late-summer-planting-of-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Summer Planting of Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two Varieties of Cabbage for the Late Summer Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cauliflower seedlings for sale at local Garden Center<\/p><\/div>\n

Mid to late summer is the second season for planting many (not all) kinds of vegetables and herbs in many parts of the U.S.\u00a0There is still 3 months or more of\u00a0great growing weather ahead to harvest veggies planted now. You’ll\u00a0enjoy great harvests for the Thanksgiving\u00a0and perhaps the\u00a0Christmas\/winter holiday\u00a0table\u00a0(USDA zones 5-7).<\/p>\n

Start with leafy greens for salads or\u00a0garnish such as lettuce, pak choi, chard, and parsley. Carrots, beets, peas, green onions, spinach, radish, and some brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and turnips) are good picks for the fall garden. Long season veggies such as tomatoes, cucurbits (cucumber, pumpkins, squash, and others), and sweet corn are not included.<\/p>\n

Diseases, insects,\u00a0and weeds are less problems. Crops like cabbage,\u00a0cauliflower, and broccoli\u00a0can be\u00a0store outdoors in the garden row\u00a0through most of the winter\u00a0without\u00a0them going to seed (bolting) or\u00a0developing a bitter\u00a0taste. Pick them as you need them for the dinner table. Transplants of lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and\u00a0others\u00a0are available at\u00a0local garden centers\u00a0starting\u00a0in August, depending on locality.<\/p>\n

In summer\u00a0start seedlings in pots, flats, or other containers\u00a0in the cool home basement under gro-lights or in an outdoor cold frame; or directly sow seeds directly into\u00a0the garden in dappled sun or light shade, but not in direct sun.<\/p>\n

Set your new veggie transplants in a moist garden\u00a0or raised bed, preferably around twilight\u00a0when it is cooling off. In the mid-South protect new transplant seedlings under row covers or shade cloth for several days to acclimate them to sun and heat.\u00a0Light sprinkling (spritzing) seedlings 2-3 times daily also cools seedlings.<\/p>\n

Seedlings should adapt to outdoor beds\u00a0within\u00a0a week. Keep them\u00a0adequately\u00a0watered and fertilized. In USDA zones 8, 9, and 10, some fall-planted crops are harvested all winter long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mid to late summer is the second season for planting many (not all) kinds of vegetables and herbs in many parts of the U.S.\u00a0There is still 3 months or more of\u00a0great growing weather ahead to harvest veggies planted now. You’ll\u00a0enjoy great harvests for the Thanksgiving\u00a0and perhaps the\u00a0Christmas\/winter holiday\u00a0table\u00a0(USDA zones 5-7). Start with leafy greens for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1160,1004,1005,1161,1006,605,1037,674,665,599,917,843,630,646,1007,904,905,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7914"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8043,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7914\/revisions\/8043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}