10 Crops You Can Still Grow in September!

what is going on everyone welcome to another very exciting episode right here on the my gardener Channel I am so excited about today's episode because we're gonna be talking about crops you can still grow in September this is something that I think everyone should be doing and if you're not doing it you're missing out it's something that as a gardener I look at you know a month or a season and I don't see it as necessarily a bad thing that winter is coming I don't necessarily see it a bad thing that you know most of my summer garden is fading away I see it as an opportunity and if you turn negatives into positives your life just absolutely changes and so I'm gonna share with you the crops you can still grow because so many people worry about the crops they can't grow you know oh I didn't plant tomatoes man I'm so bummed well don't worry about what you can't plant because hindsight you know hindsight is is obviously impossible to go back to you know you could obviously see that yeah you might have had a great growing season for tomatoes you just didn't get around to it but you can't fix what you didn't already do so focus on what you can do and make gardening so much more fun because man it's such an addicting hobby it's such an incredible lifestyle and it allows you to grow so much great food for your family so join this journey with me if you have not yet gotten garnet in if you're not yet got a garden in oh man it's a fun day so if you've not already started gardening and you got a garden in you can still got some time to grow some crops here alright so the first one I'm gonna start with because not everyone's going to grow this one but it's something that most people in the United States and the rest of the world that are south of where Michigan lies it can grow this crop and that's beans beans whether bush beans or pole beans only take about 45 to 50 days to mature and the really nice thing is that they mature quicker if you can get them growing in warm weather rather than in cold weather into warm weather cold weather stunts growth we all know that that's why when you start your beans in the spring they typically take 45 to 60 days to mature whereas when you're planting them in warm weather growing into cold weather they're going to mature much quicker it's the exact same reason why our squash matured about 10 days sooner than it normally would and you plant it in the spring so exact same premise for the beans they're gonna take about 45 to 50 days to mature and so when you plant them in say Michigan we have about 55 we have about 55 days left in our growing season plenty enough time to at least get a couple harvests of beans before the frost kills them off and again this is a crop where you're not losing anything if you don't get a harvest you're gonna plant some some space and it might kill it off you might have an early frost but for me beans are crop that don't take any nutrients from the soil and they actually give back to the soil if you turn them back under so I just use them as a cover crop if I don't get anything I'll just flip them into the soil let the worms break them down and it actually builds my soil so I'm not even at a loss even if I don't get any beans so keep that one in mind because that's a great one the second crop that you can grow in September are radishes now these are definitely the most go-to crop for most people because they mature super quickly and they don't take a whole lot of effort to grow radishes can take about 25 to 35 days to mature so you got plenty of time to get these in the ground and growing plus they love cold weather and they get sweeter during cold weather so radishes are one that I really don't want you guys missing out on the third crop is spinach spinach is obviously another kind of go to fall and winter crop it loves cold weather it bolts in warm weather so plan to get right now is going to give you a lot of time for it to grow and mature but it should be cool enough at night to where the plants don't bold now if you're still getting nights that are in the you know high 60s low 70s you don't want to grow this crop just yet you want to wait until middle of middle September maybe end of September to get this crop growing because it only takes about 30 to 45 days to mature so you don't want to grow this crop too soon to where it matures during hot weather and then prematurely bolt you want to get a nice long growing season there's no need to rush this one you know for us we're starting our first harvest of spinach right now because our nights are in the low 50s you know we have plenty of growing season left but our nights are getting colder if you're somewhere further south you know like say I don't know Arkansas where I know it's still in the 80's and 90's at times you want to wait don't plant it right now you'll regret it you know so just kind of look at your nighttime temperatures the daytime temperatures can be warmer as long as those nighttime temperatures kind of set the plant in a reset mode and kind of keep it from being too stressed the nighttime temperatures mean way more than the daytime temperatures the fourth crop you can still grow in September is mustard mustard greens are an awesome crop to grow because they are super spicy if you grow them in hot weather and most people don't like them but they get buttery creamy and rather sweet in cold weather I absolutely love growing them as a fall and early winter crop because they can handle frost that can handle freezes they almost over winter without a problem whatsoever and they're a great addition to salads they have a nice spicy kick to them a nice peppery bite but there are a wonderful textural addition mizuna red streaks is one of our favorites but you can grow something like a Tokyo bacana as well as like a mbuna now these are more like Asian specialty greens but let me tell you what even though you might not know anything about these varieties mbuna and in Tokyo bacana are some of the crispest most beautiful lush mustard greens you're ever gonna taste and it probably will change your life when you taste them because a lot of people get up you know they just they hate mustard greens because how peppery and spicy they are but if you grow these ones during cold weather where they mature slowly wow they will absolutely level up your salad game and I love them I've just I've completely changed my outlook on what a salad can be as soon as I started adding some of these more unique Asian mustard greens into my salads so give those three a try those will definitely get you started for some mustard greens but there's over a hundred varieties of mustard greens out there so you can you can definitely find one that suits you and a summer spicier than others but mustard is a wonderful one to still grow in September the fifth crop you can still grow in September is arugula now Rugel a-- much like your mustard greens and your spinach they will bolt if they're in really warm weather so just like I told you to wait on your spinach and you know also your mustard I guess as well these these kind of leafy green crops they're ones that you want to wait until the ninth until the nighttime temperatures are in the low 60s to you know mid 50s or so before you plant them you know obviously colder the better obviously you don't want it to frost either because then that'll pretty much just completely stunt them but you want them to be colder they don't like warm temperatures if you're in the 60s 70s they're really going to start bolting quickly and they're gonna get peppery on you arugula is one that bolts super quickly so if you're getting some nice warm weather just wait wait until mid into the middle part or even end of September before you plant these because they can handle some frost and freezes no problem and they only take about 35 to 45 days to mature so give them a try and you're really really gonna love arugula now the 6th crop you can still grow in September is cilantro we actually just seeded some cilantro here just about a couple days ago I think it was Sunday so yeah two days ago we put our cilantro here down and cilantro is a crop that needs cold weather cilantro is not a summer crop so whether it's in the spring or the fall that is the time that you want to start sowing your cilantro seed now cilantro it will bolt much like you know a lot of your your early spring crops like your spinach your your radishes you know your your mustard greens things like that it'll bolt if it's in any higher than about sixty degrees so we plant this right now that way it's up and maturing it can take about a week to we can have to germinate and that's why we planted it now even though we typically would recommend holding off because it takes longer to germinate make sure to keep that in mind that your maturity dates do not include your your days to germination so if you only have 45 days left in your growing season and it takes say something like like cilantro 10 to 12 days to germinate you have to keep that in mind that you add that to your maturity date so I grow a crop like cilantro earlier than I would normally so that that way I have enough time and left in my growing season if I were to wait say to the end of September cilantro can take about 30 to 45 days for it to mature and if I only have 30 days left in my growing season I'm cutting it way too close so I'd much rather start it now so that way since I have about 55 maybe 60 days left in my growing season I can still grow cilantro without a problem and I can have a really long time when I can harvest it so start it a little bit earlier than you would your your your spinach and arugula and those are the crops I mentioned just because the spinach arugula they take almost no time at all to germinate whereas the cilantro it can take a tad bit more time now just because I have kale growing here does not mean you can't start it and grow it in September kale is a crop that I recommend anyone start growing any time of the year you know kale is so cold hardy that you can almost overwinter it without any problem at all you here in Michigan will give us some protection and just like are actually our scarlet kale which we have over there we saved seeds from earlier in the year our scarlet kale overwintered without any protection whatsoever we just mulch it with a little bit of leaves at the base of the plant to protect the root system and it survived one of the coldest winters on record it was absolutely amazing so kale is one that it can definitely grow get it in your garden even if you don't get a harvest from it try to keep it alive throughout winter and then in the spring when it grows and and everything melts its gonna start growing again and you're gonna get a super early harvest in the spring so kale is one that I always recommend growing even if it's September it can take 45 to 60 days to mature but since kale is a leafy green you can harvest it at any stage even if it's just baby greens so keep that in mind that not everything has to be this tall free to consider it mature the next crop that is absolutely ideal for planting in September is peas peas are the eighth crop that you can grow here in September and it's one that grows so easily because they love cool weather peas are cool other crop if there's ever been one because they fry and bake and don't produce well whatsoever in warm weather now the ninth crop you can grow in September is one that we don't have here yet and that's because we still have to wait a little bit longer but some of the northern states in the United States you guys need to start planning this in early September which is why I'm including this in this video we typically wait until the end of September even early October but sometimes depending on the how the season feels this season's been a little bit more mild I fear that we might have an early winter therefore I'm gonna plant my garlic in early in late September instead of early October you want about 30 days before your first frost date to get the garlic established and growing so plant your garlic right now to get it growing if your frost comes within the next 30 days just keep that in mind if your states that are further south you're gonna wait kind of the same thing with me you're gonna wait with me until the end of September to plant your garlic now if you're way further south like Texas Alabama Louisiana those Gulf states I wouldn't even recommend planting this crop until sometime around early to mid October so this one might not even apply to you guys down south but you keep that in mind thirty days is the is kind of that window that you want so look on Google what your first frost date is count back 30 days and you gotta plant your garlic before then and my gardener calm is gonna have over eight varieties of heirloom garlic for you guys to choose from we're getting them in stock tomorrow so make sure you head over there and join the waitlist if you have not yet already we have a huge selection of organically grown and heirloom garlic and it's absolutely incredibly priced because we want you guys to try growing garlic it's the best thing you can possibly do it tastes better it produces better if you grow it yourself and it lasts a whole lot longer the shelf life is unbelievable so give it a shot you're gonna be happy you did alright in the tenth and final crop that you can still grow in September are bunching onions now bunching onions are a wonderful crop and one that most people completely shy away from because they consider it an onion but it's not really the same as evolving onion bunching onions they mature in about 45 days which is half or even more than half the time span that takes for a regular balding onion to mature so they mature much quicker but also they're in a liam much like onions shallots garlic or even chives where if you forget to harvest or you don't harvest in time they'll be there in the spring they'll grow back and you can still get a harvest even in the spring so you're not a loss if you don't get a harvest in the fall if worse comes to worst and you just want to harvest it well and you don't get a bulb you'll still get leaves these leaves are a wonderful chive substitute they're extremely flavorful very delicious in cooking and like I said there are wonderful chives substitutes so use them dry and even like an herb and they're fine now if worst comes to worst comes to worst and you just don't want to use them for the leave but you want to let them mature for the actual root or the bulb themselves pull them up and they transplant extremely well these are onions so they're almost impossible to kill you can move them into a windowsill they don't even really need that much light to grow and they're gonna grow and mature for you even in a windowsill so like I said you've so many options if things go south and you have an you know an impending frost coming and you're freaking out as a gardener thinking I'm not gonna get something out of this crop you know Luke just steered me wrong here by telling me to grow this and now I think I'm gonna get I think I'm gonna get blasted with this early frost just pull it inside if you're that worried and it's gonna do great for you now I do grow the Tokyo long bunching onion because they earlier maturing and they're just one that we've found to grow really well but there's so many options available for you but as far as bunching onions go so find one that works for you find one that grows well for you in your area but I can tell I can safely tell you that this is one of our favorite varieties and one that really is just a tried-and-true winner for us so Tokyo long bunching onion is the 10th crop that you can still grow in September it's a wonderful one to add to your garden space and it doesn't take up that much space either you know we throw these seeds kind of just anywhere this is our pepper bed we just kind of threw these plants here because we said well there's nothing else growing here so might as well put some food on our family's plate with the remaining space and that's really what we've done so and they've done awesome so far and we're gonna plant another succession right after this video over in our bed over there so that way we have a really good succession of a bunch a guy needs to harvest from so there you go there are 10 crops you can still grow in September I hope you guys will plant at least some of these ones let me know in the comments box below if there's any ones that I've missed I'd be happy to know I'm sure there probably are some you know unique ones that I missed but these are the kind of main ones and the big ones that we're still planting here in September so I hope you guys enjoyed I hope you learned something new if you've not yet subscribed now would be good time to do that and also if you're not yet share our videos with a friend make sure to share this one I'm sure they'd appreciate it and hopefully they'll help them grow a garden alright I hope you guys enjoyed hope you learned something new and as always we'll catch you all tomorrow see ya

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Length: 14min 43sec (883 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 10 2019