15 Veggies You Can STILL Plant In October For A Beautiful Fall Garden

what's going on gardeners it's Saturday October 8th and the fall chill is in the air here on the Southeastern coast of North Carolina but we are nowhere near Calling it Quits for the year that's why on today's video I'm going to show you 15 yes 15 vegetables that you can still plant in your garden right now for a harvest if you're new to the Channel please consider subscribing and hitting the Bell to receive new video notifications and check out our Amazon storefront and spreadshop in the video description for a list of the gardening products I use and awesome custom designed apparel and other gear your support is greatly appreciated and the first vegetable is lettuce no fall Garden is complete without lettuce however not all types of lettuce are equal your Romaine lettuces are more heat tolerant and less cold hardy than your Leaf lettuces so for that reason it is best to plant your Romaine lettuces out in mid-summer to late summer for an early to mid-fall harvest while they are Frost tolerant they do not do well when the hard freezes start coming in and because these are a head type of lettuce that you usually Harvest all in one shot I like starting them as transplants now here where I live it starts frosting in early to mid November but the truly hard freezes don't start coming in until mid-December so we can plant these throughout September and October and I like to stagger my plantings because I don't want all of my Romaine heads to mature at once so what I do is I start one seed tray and then I stagger the Harvest so this seed tray went in first and as you can see I have a few heads forming of different types of Romaine then I'm going to follow up with these transplants that I started two weeks behind them then I have another tray right here that I started two weeks behind these so over the course of a month I can get several dozen heads in that will mature all at different times unless you're in zone 9 or warmer you probably won't be able to grow many Romaine lettuces throughout the dead of winter because they do take damage with hard freezes however they make up for it by being a little more bolt resistant that's why they can be planted earlier in into the summer for a fall Harvest than your Leaf types and you can also keep these in the ground and they will resist bolting all the way until late spring to early summer when you start getting those high temperatures they will resist those initial heat waves your leaf lettuces on the other hand are much more cold hardy especially your red leaf lettuces these can tolerate temperatures all the way down into teens maybe even single digits if you put a light cover over them so you can grow these all winter long all the way down to zone seven and in even colder zones with a little bit of protection erected around it now I don't like growing these as transplants because they are more of the cut and come again variety where you let them grow and then you cut them down with scissors fertilize them and they grow back so I like to direct sew them they will be going directly into this bed that I'm in the process of clearing out your Leaf lettuces are much more prone to bolting than the Romaine type so they do better when you direct sew them in cool weather the second vegetable is kale kale is one of the most cold hardy greens you can grow they can survive all the way to the single digits uncovered so you can grow these all the way down to zone seven and if you're willing to cover them even colder here and here I already have my first planting of kale that you can see is coming along very well and I usually like to start these as transplants and then thin them down to a single plant and Transplant them I think they do best like that and not direct sewn but you can direct sew them if you wish because kale is biennial there is no need to have multiple plantings of kale all winter long because you will be able to peel off the leaves as you need it however for several reasons I like to stagger my Harvest some and do about two or three small plantings just so I have them in various stages of tenderness the third vegetable is cabbage cabbage should be started as transplants because they are large heading plants and I think they do better like that than direct Zone here I have two different varieties of cabbage I like growing a green and a red and I like staggering the Harvest so as you can see here I have two greens and here I have two Reds that are coming along very nicely then I have new transplants of each that are only about two weeks behind these and then I will also start more transplants right now after this video because I want transplants that are two weeks behind these because cabbage is harvested as a large head I don't want all of my cabbage to mature at the same time so for that reason I think it's smartest that you stagger the Harvest a few plants at once plants four and five have a similar name but they are quite different they are broccoli and broccoli rabe broccoli is best grown as a transplant and started in mid to late summer for an early to mid fall Harvest and that is because these are while they're Frost tolerant they do not tolerate hard freezes very well and I also don't want all of my broccoli to mature at the same time because you have to harvest the whole head so here I have a row of broccoli that I already planted out a couple weeks ago then I have another transplant tray that is right behind it I'm going to start one more transplant tray of broccoli because here where I live I can grow and harvest these throughout November for the most part now if you think that it's too late to sow broccoli don't worry if it's going to have a hard Frost simply cover them and you can extend the season on the other hand broccoli rabe correctly called rapini is more cold hardy than broccoli and actually does better when you direct sow it in rows in your garden it grows very quickly and forms small broccoli-like heads that you can then go out and harvest as needed at your leisure the sixth vegetable is one that I will be growing for the first time this year and that is leeks leeks are a member of the allium family so they're in the same family as onions garlic and shallots so they're cold hardy and very pest resistant and how you plant your leeks depends on what your growing season is like and what your overall climate is now regardless of what your climate is you are going to want to start your leaks in transplant trays and then when they are about six to eight weeks old transplant them out into Gardens because they generally don't do as well when they are direct sewn into the garden if you want to direct sew them you need to get a variety that is good for direct sowing now there are basically two different types of leaks there are the spring types of leaks that are Hardy to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit which is what these leaks are and then there are the overwintering types of leaks that when matured can survive below zero fahrenheit there are leak varieties that can be grown all the way out into Vermont all winter and survive once they're fully mature which one you grow depends on what your strategy is because I want to try and harvest these leeks in late winter or in the spring I'm going to sew these now and Transplant trays then I'm going to transplant them out into my garden in November they're going to grow throughout the winter because here in zone 8 it generally never gets below 20 degrees Fahrenheit and if it does I will simply cover them and they will be fine then by the time the early spring rolls around I should be able to harvest my leeks now if you don't live in a climate that's as warm as mine and it's way too cold do this another strategy you can do is get yourself a super cold hardy leak and then sow the seeds in mid-summer and then transplant them out in late summer so they mature around late fall and then once they're mature if you get those super cold hearty leaks you can let them sit dormant in the winter all winter long and just come out and pop them out as you need them so there are basically three different ways that you can grow leeks depending on your climate and depending on what time of the year it is I will be going with the fall planting method and because I think it's warm enough where I live I should be able to overwinter these for a very early late winter early spring harvest vegetables 7 and 8 are spinach and arugula and while these are two very different vegetables in terms of taste they grow very similarly they are both super cold hardy and can be grown all winter long in most zones especially if you have a little bit of cover over them they grow very quickly and they are best direct sewn in the garden so as soon as I shut this camera off I'll be digging little trenches in my garden I will be sewing them directly watering them in and adding my tags on there so I don't lose track of which row is which these are super easy to grow and everybody should be growing stuff like this throughout the fall vegetables 9 10 and 11 are radishes beets and carrots and in this bed right here I already have my initial plantings of carrots beets and radishes all growing and they're coming along very well in fact the radishes are already starting to bulb now I started planting these probably about three weeks ago and I want to have a staggered Harvest of these other vegetables right behind it these root vegetables are all incredibly easy to grow your radishes mature only in about three to four weeks your beets are super cold hardy and disease resistant and your carrots can survive down to single digit temperatures maybe below zero fahrenheit if you cover them so they are things that both taste best in the winter because they develop more sweetness and they are also very easy to grow with few pests and other things to worry about out vegetable number 12 is Swiss chard as you can see I already have my first planting of Swiss chard right here these seedlings are about three to four weeks old and you can choose whether or not to start them as transplants or direct sow them I started these as transplants but they also do great being direct Zone because the individual seeds are pods that are very similar to beets Swiss Chard is quite cold hardy it tolerates light and moderate freezes pretty well it does start to take some damage during hard freezes so when you start to get below 25 degrees or so your chard will do best if you cover it with a frost blanket and vegetables 13 14 and 15 are the cold hardy herbs parsley cilantro and Dill and it pains me to say that so few people know about how cold hardy these herbs are cilantro and parsley are super cold hardy and easily tolerate 10 degrees fahrenheit temperatures or lower I can grow them all year long with ease in zone 8 and I imagine many people in zone 7 can as well and the real Dark Horse here is Dill very few people know how cold hearty Dill is there are very few online resources that even state to how cold hardy Dill is Dill in my experience no problem handles temperatures down to about 25 to 26 degrees Fahrenheit they usually take some damage the first hard freeze but then they'll turn bronze and they'll stiffen up and they will be able to take those moderate to hard freezes even better now last year my Dill took temperatures all the way down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit and while a couple of my plants did die more than half of them survived so even if you get down into the teens you can still grow dill and I suspect that they can do even better if you were to cover them before a frozen precipitation weather event or a really deep freeze and that right there is a whopping 15 vegetables that you can be planting right now in your garden for the overwhelming majority of us it is not too late to plant these things for a fall Harvest and if you're lucky enough to live in zone 7 or warmer I think you can plant these right now and grow the overwhelming majority of these things all winter long so everybody I sure hope you found this video helpful if you did please make sure to hit that like button subscribe to the channel and ring that notification Bell so you're notified when we release more videos like these if you're curious about any of the products that I use for real in my garden they are all linked Down Below on my Amazon storefront in the video description so expand that video description click on the Amazon storefront link and you can see everything I use in real life and while you're there check out my spreadshop for custom merch if you want to support the channel thank you all so much for watching and hope to see all of you again on the next video Dale and I are hiding inside from the big bad hurricane that's outside making all sorts of noise and all sorts of rain and it's so cold outside it's only 64 degrees this is the first hurricane that I've ever been in that brought Cold Air instead of really hot humid tropical conditions so we're in here trying to stay warm Dale's in his keep cool and carry on jacket and wander a blanket because it's so chilly outside it feels like a December rain day so we're in here staying safe and Dale is being such a good boy as usual he's always such a good boy

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Length: 12min 14sec (734 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 10 2022