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nick_b79

What vegetables can I still plant from seed as of mid-August?

nick_b79
9 years ago

I just cleaned out the last broccoli, turnip, and cabbage plants from my garden, and it looks like the aphid population has really boomed in the zucchini patch, so a lot of that will be coming out this weekend as well. That leaves a lot of open ground, and it seems a waste to leave it bare.

I'm looking for suggestions as to what I can still plant this late in the year. The median frost date for our location (Farmington, MN) is Oct. 14, per the U of MN. If I use some row covers, I MIGHT be able to extend that a little longer. That gives me 60 days from this weekend from seed to plate.

So far, I'm looking at turnips, kale, lettuce, spinach and maybe beets. I'm also thinking of planting oats as a green manure, since I can get 50-lb bags of it for dirt cheap at the grain store in town.

Thanks!

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