Anyone start their fall gardens yet? - Page 3

purple_queen · July 30th, 2010, 01:47 PM

well for us fall is the hottest season, so I've started some okra and beans, and I'm guessing the eggplant wont grow much until then. Later on in Nov. I will plant garlic when i harvest my leeks/onions. I've also got some ginger coming up.

Namida · July 30th, 2010, 02:16 PM

as I'm not planting any more stuff for the winter harvest I won't be able to do any more, my fall garden is pretty much limited to those pumpkins and broccoli, that had been planted months ago with addition of a second round of spinach, that is just entering the two-leaves stage and that I hope I haven't sowed too early ...

VA Gardener · July 30th, 2010, 02:34 PM

I will start mine hopefully this weekend with shell peas and some brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brusell sprouts, kale).
I will wait until late Aug/early Sep to plant spinach and lettuce.
Ordered some garlic and perennial onions - will plant those when they arrive in the fall.
I love fall gardening! Good luck to everyone.

bugtussellmom · July 30th, 2010, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheffie

What are your fall garden plans?

All we have in the garden now is okra, basil, and melons. Everything else has died from lack of water and very high temperatures. I also have sweet potatoes but the leaves are turning yellow so I'm worried about them. I have some lettuce in some containers in the shade. Never bolted, but its not fit to eat - too bitter.

I tried to start some seed both indoors and out. Not having much luck. I do have one tray of broccoli outside in the shade but the heat is about to kill them, no matter how much I water. I also started some beans, peas, summer and winter squash outside but they are not even germinating. I saw that we had rain in the forecast every single day last week. And yeah - we got rain alright...about four miles down the road, three days in a row - not a drop here! I also put some seed out in a shady spot and watered the heck outta those - NOTHING. They were all cool weather crops. All I did was waste seed. I'm buying more and will try again but I'm also planning on buying some plants - just in case we have another crazy fall like we did last year.

bugtussellmom · July 30th, 2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by seedysal

Then we need to change places.
I hate heat & sun. I love snow and cooler temps (say 58ish)!
I know it's not ideal growing temps, but I thrive in it, anyway.

Won't be planting a fall garden. Never have.
I am so frustrated at the first planting, I don't need the headache and disappointment of a second let-down.

Fall gardening is wonderful for those who hate the heat! I'm looking forward to getting out there working in the garden once the temperatures fall. I don't even want to go out there now...it's too miserably hot!

bugtussellmom · July 30th, 2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by capebuffalo

lorna,

i was thinkin' the heat angle myself for seed germination.

will carrots or radishes survive frosts long enough to get a harvest if i plant towards the end of august ? it's possible here to get frosts at the end of august.

cape

I've read that you can keep carrots in the ground up until you have your first hard freeze. As long as the ground doesn't freeze, carrots will keep!

chocolatepop · July 30th, 2010, 10:20 PM

I have cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce started. Just pulled up the peas and will plant a ton of beets and radishes. I want to plant turnips and rutabagas but I am scared secondary to the maggots i got last time.

JanR · July 31st, 2010, 10:19 PM

Something ate the leaves off all my broccoli plants and there was a row cover on them. I am most annoyed as it is too late to start more plants now.

The cabbage is being eaten too. I don't know what is doing it.

Direct Sunlight · July 31st, 2010, 11:52 PM

Planted some corn, cushaw, hubbard squash, and watermelon. Am thinking about broccoli and cauliflower, but am less than excited about starting seeds indoors, so may wait.

I may lose out on the watermelon, but figured it'd be an interesting experiment, to see what it'll do. It'll probably be better to try one of the smaller northern varieties in the fall to get watermelon, so it'd be a good idea to order those seeds ahead of time. Have any other southern gardeners had success with fall watermelon?

It's the third round of hubbard squash, so far score is svb 2, me 0. The eggplant and peppers are going strong, okra and tomatoes from the spring producing very slowly until they decide to get started again.

VA Gardener · August 3rd, 2010, 07:50 AM

I planted my shell and snap peas, green onions, carrots, beets, swiss chard and kale.
Still have to plant lettuce, spinach, garlic and onions, but that will be later when it cools down.

July 30th, 2010, 01:47 PM	#21
purple_queen Guerilla Gardener Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Coastal Cal, by the bay USDA Zone: 9b Posts: 591	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? well for us fall is the hottest season, so I've started some okra and beans, and I'm guessing the eggplant wont grow much until then. Later on in Nov. I will plant garlic when i harvest my leeks/onions. I've also got some ginger coming up. __________________ The Revlution will be Harvsted

July 30th, 2010, 02:16 PM	#22
Namida Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Germany, EU USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 29	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? as I'm not planting any more stuff for the winter harvest I won't be able to do any more, my fall garden is pretty much limited to those pumpkins and broccoli, that had been planted months ago with addition of a second round of spinach, that is just entering the two-leaves stage and that I hope I haven't sowed too early ... __________________ If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law! - W. Churchill

July 30th, 2010, 02:34 PM	#23
VA Gardener Put ice around those peas Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Richmond, VA USDA Zone: 7b Posts: 300	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? I will start mine hopefully this weekend with shell peas and some brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brusell sprouts, kale). I will wait until late Aug/early Sep to plant spinach and lettuce. Ordered some garlic and perennial onions - will plant those when they arrive in the fall. I love fall gardening! Good luck to everyone. __________________ I garden organically or not at all. If I want produce with pesticide, I can get it at a store.

July 30th, 2010, 10:20 PM	#27
chocolatepop Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Mid-Michigan USDA Zone: 5b Posts: 98	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? I have cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce started. Just pulled up the peas and will plant a ton of beets and radishes. I want to plant turnips and rutabagas but I am scared secondary to the maggots i got last time. __________________ Sometimes we can’t help but to let some weeds in, most times that are carried over from previous seasons and sometimes those weeds have tap roots so deep that are hard to dig out. This is true of our gardens and our lives.

July 31st, 2010, 10:19 PM	#28
JanR Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lakeland, Manitoba, Canada USDA Zone: 3a Posts: 198	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? Something ate the leaves off all my broccoli plants and there was a row cover on them. I am most annoyed as it is too late to start more plants now. The cabbage is being eaten too. I don't know what is doing it.

July 31st, 2010, 11:52 PM	#29
Direct Sunlight Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Texas USDA Zone: 8a Posts: 293	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? Planted some corn, cushaw, hubbard squash, and watermelon. Am thinking about broccoli and cauliflower, but am less than excited about starting seeds indoors, so may wait. I may lose out on the watermelon, but figured it'd be an interesting experiment, to see what it'll do. It'll probably be better to try one of the smaller northern varieties in the fall to get watermelon, so it'd be a good idea to order those seeds ahead of time. Have any other southern gardeners had success with fall watermelon? It's the third round of hubbard squash, so far score is svb 2, me 0. The eggplant and peppers are going strong, okra and tomatoes from the spring producing very slowly until they decide to get started again. __________________ "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil." C.S. Lewis

August 3rd, 2010, 07:50 AM	#30
VA Gardener Put ice around those peas Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Richmond, VA USDA Zone: 7b Posts: 300	Re: Anyone start their fall gardens yet? I planted my shell and snap peas, green onions, carrots, beets, swiss chard and kale. Still have to plant lettuce, spinach, garlic and onions, but that will be later when it cools down. __________________ I garden organically or not at all. If I want produce with pesticide, I can get it at a store.