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The lush growing season may encourage some home gardeners to try a fall vegetable garden. Many cool season vegetables can be planted in the next few weeks for harvest in October and November. Almost anything that was planted in March and April can be planted again now.
Good candidates for the fall vegetable garden include lettuce, spinach, kale, radishes and carrots. If transplants can be found at local garden centers, broccoli and cauliflower can be grown.
There is one big advantage to growing these cool season vegetables in the fall. With the shorter days and cooler temperatures, the crops will not bolt like they do in the spring. They will remain in the garden in a usable state until cold weather finishes them off sometime in November.
Anyone who grows lettuce and radishes in the spring is familiar with bolting, which means the plants form flowers and seed heads when the days get long and hot. When this happens, the plants are finished for the season. Again, this is not a problem in the fall.
There are a few things to consider when planting a fall garden that are a little different from spring planting. If the weather is hot and the soil dries out, certain planting techniques will help get plants off to a good start. Seeds may need to be planted a little deeper than normal to avoid the heat of the August sun.
Germination can be poor if the soil is too warm. Seeds may also need to be watered a few times each day to keep the soil damp and allow for germination. Some people plant the seeds, water, and then place a board over the area to keep the moisture in. The board is removed as soon as the first seeds start to grow. Young seedlings may need frequent watering until they are well established.
Most of these cool season vegetables can withstand frost; in fact most will have improved taste after a touch of cool weather. The average frost date for most of the area is about Oct. 20.
Lettuce will stay in the garden until temperatures bit the low to mid twenties. Kale may over winter in most years. Carrots can be left in the ground and dug as needed. If mild weather per
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