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What veggies to plant for fall harvest?
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Posted by emtmom12 z6VA (My Page) on Fri, Aug 8, 08 at 1:47
| I live in the Winchester area & I am enjoying my 2nd year of having a veggie garden...so far so good. I'm feeling adventurous enough to ask what should I be planting for a fall harvest? I've heard spinach, brocolli & cauliflower, but what else? And do I still have time to plant lettuce? I just never got around to it this year, but would like to try growing salad fixins in containers on my deck. I currently have 2 pineapples, some mint, & a spanish olive, all growing in containers successfully. I look forward to your responses. |
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RE: What veggies to plant for fall harvest?
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Hi emt,
Beside what you have already mentioned, I have no new ideas except, maybe, to ask the Mid Atlantic forum. At times the VA forum is too slow. I hate to see good posts just languish. This fall I'll be planting young conifers,not many salad fixins. Hank |
RE: What veggies to plant for fall harvest?
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- Posted by sequi z7 NoVA (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 11, 08 at 13:53
| Virginia Tech has a planting calendar based on the first frost date. I found it very helpful. Lettuce can be planted as late as early September in Virigia. It grows quickly, so it's not a problem. I had great success with swiss chard, kale, tatsoi, and bok choy last year. The chard was my favorite. Chard and kale actually last the entire winter, and you can pull it out from under the snow. Also try peas (snow peas and snap peas). Since you're in a container, get a bush type snap pea and use a tomato cage for a trellis. The taste is amazing -- no matter how many you planted, you will find you did not plant enough. Carrots and beets also work well in fall or winter. |
RE: What veggies to plant for fall harvest?
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| I'm also in Winchester and I was thinking of trying for some fast ripening bush beans (a squirrel beat me to most of my harvest this summer) for fall. I'll let you know how it goes. But I DO know that chard and lettuces love to grow in containers in this area in the fall. |
RE: What veggies to plant for fall harvest?
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| I planted southern and English peas, and they came up over the weekend :D The cool nights seem to have helped it along. I'll keep everyone posted about their progress :) |
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