September Vegetables to Plant
in this blog post, I'm going to cover 20 vegetables that you can plant in September and have a bountiful garden all the way through fall, and all the way till December. Now, all of these vegetables are really good to plant in Zone 9 in September and Zone 9 and Zone 10. When we're talking about months, it gets a little bit tricky because the first frost date is different for different zones. So, if you're in Zone 7 and Zone 8, you want to get these planted in the first or second week of September. For Zone 6 and lower, you want to get them in August. Let's get started with these 20 vegetables.
Lettuce:
Lettuce likes cool weather and will bolt in warm weather. Lettuce loves temperatures below 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The good thing about lettuce is that even if you get an early frost in October or November, you can still plant lettuce in September and keep harvesting lettuce leaves until you get fresh frost. Lettuce seed should be planted a quarter of an inch deep. Plant spacing and row spacing should be 12 inches apart.
Cilantro:
Cilantro also loves temperature below 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and you can keep harvesting cilantro leaves as cilantro is growing. Plant cilantro seeds quarter of an inch deep. Plant spacing should be six inches apart, and row spacing should be 12 inches apart. You can start harvesting cilantro leaves just one month after planting.
Broccoli:
Broccoli is hearty to 28 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's easy to grow as compared to cauliflower and cabbage. Broccoli turns into a nice, huge crown, which is the flower of the plant and is edible. You can grow lots of broccoli. You can harvest the main crown of broccoli and keep harvesting lots of little broccolinis as well and enjoy them in your food.
Kale:
Kale is frost-resistant to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. However, kale leaves do get wilted in light frost, so if you want to enjoy tender kale leaves, you must cover your kale plants with either a plastic tote or greenhouse plastic that way you can enjoy nice tender kale leaves all winter long.
Swiss Chard:
Swiss Chard is hardly down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit and is super easy to grow. You can start with some Swiss Chard seeds, you can directly sow Swiss Chard into the ground even in early fall, and you can enjoy Swiss Chard all winter long.
Collard Greens:
Collard Greens are Hardy down to 5 degrees Fahrenheit, and they can tolerate frost and some snow as well. Collard green leaves are a little bit tough. If you want to enjoy collard green leaves, you must sauté them or cook them and add them to your soup or some warm salad.
Peas:
Peas are also really easy to grow. You can directly sow peas in your ground, or you can start pea seedlings ahead of time. Growing peas is super easy. You just need some sort of a trellis for peas to climb on, and you can start harvesting peas in just two months because pea plants will start producing peas just two months into growing, and you can harvest peas all the way into spring.
Carrots:
Carrots are also frosty the strength, and they can take light snow as well. Carrots are Hardy down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit, so if you do get some snow, you can still harvest carrots that are growing underground under the snow. You can keep planting carrots in succession all winter long and keep harvesting carrots all the way up to spring. One crucial tip about growing carrots is that you