Late garden

[sharpshooter]

Anybody putting in a late garden? I'm thinking about it since I didn't do one this spring, but I'm almost positive it may be all for nothing with the way the heat and lack of rain has been so far.

 

[GRAMPS]

I also plan to put out some green beans since my earlier plantings cooked in the excessive heat.

 

[StalkingWolf]

I just got mine planted a few weeks ago. Tomatoes, Bell peppers, Jalapeno peppers, cucumbers, okra , watermelon, cantaloupe. I figure better late than never. What else will do well planted this late? what about purple hull peas, or green beans?

 

[bigtex]

I'll probably have a late garden as soon as I harvest everything that is in the garden now.
Probably a little to early to put out a "late" garden though.
In my neck of the woods a late garden is considered as anything that will grow in cooler temperatures. A good rule of thumb would be whatever grows well early will grow well late. Peas, onions, lettuce, greens, turnips, etc.

 

[sharpshooter]

I'm thinking about just doing green beans,cucumbers and maybe a few tomatoes.

 

[spoon]

Planted watermelon, pumpkin, more okra, tomato and cantaloupe earlier this week

 

[TX300mag]

I plant summer crops all the way through the middle of August here. The only reason I stop then is because I pack up and leave for MZ season.

Even with your earlier frost date I would say you could plant up until about the same time.

 

[sharpshooter]

Well I went to the Co-op yesterday after work and got some pickling cuc's and bush bean seeds, also brought 3 tomatoes and 3 banana pepper plants home for under $4. The seeds were half price and the plants were free!! Can't beat that. I got up this morning and tilled my rows and got the seeds and plants in the ground, now I just need some rain.

 

[Super8]

Garden has been slow and the heat has stopped evrything early.
Beans put out the first couple weeks and now they flower but do not produce.
Corn took a beating - lucky if I got 20 full ears out of 150 stalks most of it was mini corn.
Potatoes did real good and tomatoes weren't too bad but Ive seen better.
I might try a late season garden since Im about to till this one under.

 

[Sako]

I will be planting again in about 2 weeks... Benas, Peas, squash, cucumbers.... later after that I will plant lettuce, winter squash and maybe some greens.

 

[moondawg]

I haven't done it, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. For the most part, especially in West TN, it's pretty warm even in October and sometimes into November. It's a little cooler in the evenings, but it's not freezing. I don't think the temps would make that big a difference as long as it got plenty of sunlight.

There was one year we planted cherry tomatoes in the mid/late spring and we still had tomatoes growing til mid October! I finally just pulled it up because I thought it was time to pull it up... due to the oncoming muzzleloader season.