What to Plant in August?
August is an ideal time to plant seeds for a second gardening season that can be as productive as your major early spring plantings. Late summer is the time to plant these vegetables and herbs. What to plant in August?
Beans
Start planting both bush and pole beans now that the soil and air are warmed up. Try a continual 7-10 day sowing of different varieties. This will give you continual bean crops and not one large harvest with wasted crop. Early August is the last practical sowing date.
Suggested variety:
- Contender
- Kentucky Wonder
- Topcrop
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Cover Crops
A great way to add nutrients to your soil for the following year is by growing winter cover crops this fall. Start in August so they get some good growth before winter comes.
Suggest variety:
- Winter Cover Crops
Cucumbers
Fast growing vine or bush cucumber plants can produce an abundance of cucumber fruits. Be careful to pick a variety for the space you have in your garden. Vine cucumbers can be the best tasting but need far more space than bush varieties.
Suggest variety:
- Spacemaster 80
- Muncher
- Marketmore 76
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Flower Bulbs
August is a great time to plant those fall flower bulbs. There are many varieties that can be planted this fall and start blooming early spring. Flower Bulbs!
Suggest variety:
- Iris Reticulata
- Chionodoxa luciliae
- Leucojum vernum
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Kale
Planting kale mid-July through mid-August will yield an excellent harvest in the fall and winter.
Suggest variety:
- Dwarf Blue
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Lettuce
Sow lettuce in August for a fall crop. Try growing early harvest varieties that will produce a harvest before cold weather rolls in.
Suggest variety:
- Buttercrunch
- Salad Bowl
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Peas
Green peas and sugar peas are good to plant in August, and will produce a moderate fall harvest.
Suggest variety:
- Sugar Ann
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Radish
A quick and easy vegetable to grow. Plant now and you can have them ready in 30 days.
Suggest variety:
- Cherry Belle
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Spinach
Spinach is more of a cool weather vegetable and is great to grow in August.
Suggest variety:
- Bloomsdale
- Samish
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Source: Urban Farmer
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