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| Hi All, I am lucky enough to be the first recipient of a "crop mob" in my community - this is a group of folks who are going to help me till up my yard, add amendments, and plant both cover crop and whatever vegetables I want to do. We are planning on doing this the weekend of July 19th. I know it is too soon for many fall vegetables, so looking for suggestions on what is good to go ahead and put in. Because I am just now looking at what to plant, it's probably too late to do anything from transplant (I don't have time to get them started indoors) - will all need to be direct seed. I'm thinking of doing a late summer cucumber, bush or pole beans, turnips, tomatoes (if I can find plants that someone has extra of and just never got in the ground). Will these work? I plan to do some broccoli and cauliflower, but see conflicting information on whether it's too soon for that (and can those be done from seed)? How about brussel sprouts? Any other suggestions? I know I should have been thinking about this before now, but I just found out today that they would help me plant - I really thought we were just getting the beds ready for next spring. Thanks for any suggestions! Jennie |
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| South Georgia first fall frost in late November? In which case I would say you could plant just about any summer crop, definitely not Fall crop season. Good for the cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, not good for turnips, broccoli, and cauliflower. I would say still too early for Brussels Sprouts too... you've got at least 3 months of summer heat left I think? |
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- Posted by farmerdill 8a GA (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 14 at 13:37
| Concur: Just about anything that will germinate in hot soil. I plant mostly southern peas and lima beans in July. Common bush beans in early August. Squash will also work as will cucumbers but pickle worms can give you major trouble. I start broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower in mid-late July in a cool shaded bed. Transplant in September. Nevr been able to grow Brussel Sprouts in mid Georgia. Turnips, mustard, komatsuna,kale, rutabagas I start direct seeding labor day and make successive plantings until mid October. Start onions in September, transplant in December. If you like melons in the fall, both cantaloupes and watermelons will make if you can control disease. |
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| what about sweet potatoes? |
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- Posted by farmerdill 8a GA (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 14 at 14:48
| If you have plants available, you may be able to get usable sweet potatoes by planting in July. They do slow down as the days shorten, so don't make a very large bet on them. |
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| Corn, okra, tomato plants, sweet potatoes, winter squash, pumpkins, basil, pepper plants. Maybe you could find some on sale at the local garden center or big box stores. Please check first before buying for bugs and diseases. |
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