It’s Fall Garden Planting Time
Garden Planting Time
It’s time to start thinking about your fall garden and preparing your beds. Ark Country store has fall plants (Bonnie Plants) available at the Waxahachie and Midlothian Stores. Now is the time to start working on your fall garden.
First, take a look at your beds. Pull out the summer plants that are done producing and look for weeds. Take the time now to remove all weeds and grass that may have invaded your beds. Every time you prepare the soil to plant a new crop, always mix in compost. Add fertilizer and work into the soil.
Take a look at the chart below to see what you can plan in September and October.
Consider fast maturing tomatoes for the fall harvest. Varieties with less than 75 days to maturity are ‘Merced’, ‘Bingo’, ‘Celebrity’, ‘Whirlaway’, and ‘Carnival’.
The following are optimal “windows of time” for planting fall vegetables:
| Beans – 8/1 – 9/1 (lima beans 7/15 – 8/15) | Muskmelon (Cantaloupe) – 7/15 – 8/1 |
| Beets – 9/1 – 10/15 | Mustard – 9/15 – 10/15 |
| Broccoli plants – 8/1 – 9/15 | Parsley – 8/15 – 10/1 |
| Brussels sprouts – 8/1 – 10/1 | Parsley – 8/15 – 10/1 |
| Brussels sprouts – 8/1 – 10/1 | Peas, English – 8/15 – 9/15 |
| Cabbage plants – 8/15 – 9/15 | Peas, Southern – 7/1 – 8/1 |
| Carrots – 8/15 – 10/15 | Pepper plants – 7/1 – 8/1 |
| Cauliflower plants – 8/15 – 9/15 | Potatoes, Irish – 8/15 – 9/15 |
| Chard, Swiss – 8/1 – 10/15 | Pumpkin – 7/1 – 8/1 |
| Collard/Kale – 8/15 – 10/1 | Radish – 9/15 – 10/15 |
| Corn, Sweet – 8/1 – 8/15 | Spinach – 9/1 – 10/15 |
| Cucumber – 8/1 – 9/1 | Squash, Summer – 7/15 – 8/15 |
| Eggplant plants – 7/15 – 8/1 | Squash, Winter – 7/1 – 7/15 |
| Squash, Winter – 7/1 – 7/15 | Tomato plants – 7/15 – 8/1 |
| Kohlrabi – 8/15 – 9/15 | Turnips – 10/1 – 11/1 |
| Lettuce (leaf) – 9/15 – 10/15 | Watermelon – 7/1 – 8/1 |