Fall gardening is great, because it’s getting cooler and you
can spend more time in the
garden. Just remember that now is the time to get ready for fall
production.

One of the main quests for fall gardeners is a consistent
supply of produce through the
fall and winter. This usually is accomplished by staggering
plantings of vegetables on a
seven- to 28-day schedule.

These early plantings during hot weather are a gamble. But
it’s not a bad gamble. It’s
sort of like “pay your money and take your
chances.”

Use the shorter planting interval for early plantings. Many
of
the fall vegetable crops
planted in the summer to early fall will mature much faster than
those planted in late
fall, due to the higher temperatures.

Carrots, spinach and beets don’t germinate well during hot
weather, so it’s easier to
get a stand with these crops when the weather cools off in late
September and early
October.

Here are the planting dates and intervals for the fall
vegetable crops adapted to
staggered plantings.