Fall Planting?

canadiyank · 07-26-2014, 05:36 PM

Anyone planting for fall crops? I'm still putting in green beans and carrots, for a later summer harvest. I let the bok choy and lettuce go to seed, it will start growing on it's own. Oh, I did some fennel, too...apparently if you plant it in spring it will bolt and you'll get only flowers but if you do mid-summer it'll bulb. We'll see! I want to do peas, too.

Iveyrock · 07-26-2014, 05:39 PM

I really want to do this this year, but I have no idea what to plant. Can I do lettuce? The lettuce I planted in the spring didn't come up at all.

WanderingJuniper · 07-26-2014, 06:13 PM

Anyone have a good resource for fall planting?
I have peas and some beans. I've done both late in the season before but I'll have a good bit more space to fill and haven't decided what to fill it with.

sweetpeas · 07-26-2014, 08:26 PM

I wanted to do a small garden this spring, but didn't get around to it with dh's surgery . . . hadn't thought about the possibility of a fall garden so I'm all ears!

canadiyank · 07-26-2014, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Iveyrock

I really want to do this this year, but I have no idea what to plant. Can I do lettuce? The lettuce I planted in the spring didn't come up at all.

Yep, lettuce for sure. With lettuce make sure you've just barely covered it with soil (it needs light to germinate) and keep it lightly watered each day until it come up.

kklibrarian · 07-30-2014, 03:07 PM

We're running a small Autumn CSA this year and hopefully selling at the farmer's market, so yes I'm definitely planting for fall. I'm doing winter squash, peas, beans, corn (although I'm not holding my breath - corn is my nemesis), late season tomatoes and cukes, bunching onions, sweet potatoes, and mixed greens.

charla · 07-30-2014, 04:15 PM

Could I do radishes, beets, kale and spinach? None of those came up this spring. Would it be too late to plant more zucchini?

canadiyank · 07-30-2014, 05:50 PM

I'd do the radishes, beets, kale, and spinach, can't hurt to try. Not sure about zucchini as I don't care for it, but squash would be too late here.

Happygrl · 07-30-2014, 06:19 PM

I'm doing lettuce & carrots this week. Not sure if I'll do anything else.

This was our first year with a garden and its not done well.

Things are taking much longer to grow than they should. The tomatoes are producing some fruit but the plants have barely grown in height. Ditto with the cucumbers & herbs. Our pepper plants have flowered a couple times but no fruit and no growing in height. Everything LOOKS healthy...but it looks like it did a month ago. So I'm not sure I want to plant much this fall.

CelticJourney · 07-31-2014, 06:52 AM

Taking notes.....I think I may try broccoli and carrots.....but peas sound good too.... (I have no idea what I'm actually doing in the garden, so....

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MamaSam · 07-31-2014, 08:59 AM

We haven't before,but are this year!! We planted kale just yesterday! I'm not sure what else we are planting. I think DH also recently planted turnip seeds.

BlissfullyEsther · 07-31-2014, 05:14 PM

We always do garlic in autumn. This year I planted 200+ cloves.

Hannah Elise · 08-04-2014, 11:52 AM

kklibrarian · 08-05-2014, 09:15 AM

Planted some more southern peas and melons this morning. Will plant onions and salad greens after it cools off a bit out there.

Hopetobe · 08-05-2014, 09:58 AM

We decided to skip spring/summer for starting our garden (besides a couple pots of tomatoes we've had growing since last summer fall I think). We are in central Florida though, and I've read that our gardening season actually starts in Sept (late Sept I think). We got our seeds in the mail last week - Malabar spinach, lettuces, bok choy-like plant, tomatoes, tomatillo, onions, lemongrass, lemon balm, marigold and another edible flower that helps with pests. We already had seeds for real spinach, peppers, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, carrots, beets, and basil.

We have been kinda terrible at gardening in the past, and fire ants invaded before, so I hope it turns out better this time. I've read up on companion planting, etc. and I'm excited.

ETA: Anyone doing raised beds or fabric pots? We have 2 60" fabric grow beds.

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07-26-2014, 05:36 PM	#1
canadiyank Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central WA Posts: 17,196	Fall Planting? Anyone planting for fall crops? I'm still putting in green beans and carrots, for a later summer harvest. I let the bok choy and lettuce go to seed, it will start growing on it's own. Oh, I did some fennel, too...apparently if you plant it in spring it will bolt and you'll get only flowers but if you do mid-summer it'll bulb. We'll see! I want to do peas, too.

07-26-2014, 05:39 PM	#2
Iveyrock Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 10,923	Re: Fall Planting? I really want to do this this year, but I have no idea what to plant. Can I do lettuce? The lettuce I planted in the spring didn't come up at all. __________________ Amber (code name - ALEX): wife to Ray, mommy to Ian 2/17/05, Chava 3/31/07, Max and Lena 5/17/08, and Micah 1/4/09 - and Tanya, newly home from Eastern Europe - 5/20/2006 To... living with, living with, living with - not dying from disease! - Rent "Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness." — Terry Pratchett (Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms)

07-26-2014, 06:13 PM	#3
WanderingJuniper Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,819	Re: Fall Planting? Anyone have a good resource for fall planting? I have peas and some beans. I've done both late in the season before but I'll have a good bit more space to fill and haven't decided what to fill it with.

07-26-2014, 08:26 PM	#4
sweetpeas Rose Trellis Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,318	Re: Fall Planting? I wanted to do a small garden this spring, but didn't get around to it with dh's surgery . . . hadn't thought about the possibility of a fall garden so I'm all ears! __________________ Busy Homeschooling Mom to 3 Sweetpeas: Lexie & Ashlyn 16 yr old twins and Lina, 9 Virtual Accountant and Bookkeeper in my "spare time"

07-30-2014, 03:07 PM	#6
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,805	Re: Fall Planting? We're running a small Autumn CSA this year and hopefully selling at the farmer's market, so yes I'm definitely planting for fall. I'm doing winter squash, peas, beans, corn (although I'm not holding my breath - corn is my nemesis), late season tomatoes and cukes, bunching onions, sweet potatoes, and mixed greens. __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 22 almost Sky (dd) - age 21 ish Jolie (dd) - age practically 20 Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 15 or "thereabouts"

07-30-2014, 04:15 PM	#7
charla Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 16,667	Re: Fall Planting? Could I do radishes, beets, kale and spinach? None of those came up this spring. Would it be too late to plant more zucchini? __________________ CHARLA Married to Nick, 31 yrs Mom to Nathan and his wife Abby, and Hope Elizabeth, dancing for eternity with babies: Micah Noel, Grace Anna, Andrew David www.dancingforeternity.org www.irresistiblehope.org Save Save Save Save Save

07-30-2014, 05:50 PM	#8
canadiyank Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central WA Posts: 17,196	Re: Fall Planting? I'd do the radishes, beets, kale, and spinach, can't hurt to try. Not sure about zucchini as I don't care for it, but squash would be too late here.

07-30-2014, 06:19 PM	#9
Happygrl Rose Garden Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Back in the Hoosier State Posts: 8,301	Re: Fall Planting? I'm doing lettuce & carrots this week. Not sure if I'll do anything else. This was our first year with a garden and its not done well. Things are taking much longer to grow than they should. The tomatoes are producing some fruit but the plants have barely grown in height. Ditto with the cucumbers & herbs. Our pepper plants have flowered a couple times but no fruit and no growing in height. Everything LOOKS healthy...but it looks like it did a month ago. So I'm not sure I want to plant much this fall. __________________ ~Tricia~ ENFP & Type 1 Wife to Jim 01/08/00 Mama to Elizabeth 10/01/04, Benjamin 01/27/08 and Matthew 04/25/10 Facebook

07-31-2014, 06:52 AM	#10
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,565	Re: Fall Planting? Taking notes.....I think I may try broccoli and carrots.....but peas sound good too.... (I have no idea what I'm actually doing in the garden, so....) __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

07-31-2014, 08:59 AM	#11
MamaSam Rose Bouquet Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 676	Re: Fall Planting? We haven't before,but are this year!! We planted kale just yesterday! I'm not sure what else we are planting. I think DH also recently planted turnip seeds.

07-31-2014, 05:14 PM	#12
BlissfullyEsther Rose Trellis Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Victoria, Australia. Posts: 2,317	Re: Fall Planting? We always do garlic in autumn. This year I planted 200+ cloves. __________________ Our family has been blessed with two boys - Echidna 2006 and Bilby 2009. In the search for community which combines a love of our Creator with a love of raising children gently. Echidna, 7.5yo: "Does icebergs (aspergers) mean lots of lego?"

08-04-2014, 11:52 AM	#13
Hannah Elise Rose Trellis Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,124	Re: Fall Planting? __________________ Hannah Elise: GAPS mama, novice gardener, libertarian, INTP and procrastinator extraordinaire Wife to Spencer (5.29.10), momma to Asher (3.19.11), Benjamin (12.30.12), and Elisabeth (1.9.15)

08-05-2014, 09:15 AM	#14
kklibrarian Moderator to Adoption & Foster Care, Cloth Diapering & EC, Gardening, Infertility, Large Families, and WOHM's The Famous Belladonna Took Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In Bilbo's Heart, Formerly of Bag End Posts: 7,805	Re: Fall Planting? Planted some more southern peas and melons this morning. Will plant onions and salad greens after it cools off a bit out there. __________________ Beloved wife to my hubby since December 2002. Blessed and grateful adoptive mommy to my three beautiful dds and two wonderful ds', collectively known as "The Kidlets" Presto (ds) - age 22 almost Sky (dd) - age 21 ish Jolie (dd) - age practically 20 Jilly (dd) - age ditto Sigh (ds) - age 15 or "thereabouts"

08-05-2014, 09:58 AM	#15
Hopetobe Rose Garden Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: "Sun, sun, sun, sunny day" Posts: 3,844	Fall Planting? We decided to skip spring/summer for starting our garden (besides a couple pots of tomatoes we've had growing since last summer fall I think). We are in central Florida though, and I've read that our gardening season actually starts in Sept (late Sept I think). We got our seeds in the mail last week - Malabar spinach, lettuces, bok choy-like plant, tomatoes, tomatillo, onions, lemongrass, lemon balm, marigold and another edible flower that helps with pests. We already had seeds for real spinach, peppers, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, carrots, beets, and basil. We have been kinda terrible at gardening in the past, and fire ants invaded before, so I hope it turns out better this time. I've read up on companion planting, etc. and I'm excited. ETA: Anyone doing raised beds or fabric pots? We have 2 60" fabric grow beds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Probably on my phone, and Andrea INTP, DYT 4/1 Wife to B ~9yrs Mom to E 3yo & L 1yo 10/13/09

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