What to Plant:
Key:
1 For those who want an early start: After the middle of August, these crops can be planted by seed into packs, under 30%-50% shade cloth, for transplanting into the garden next month; or, planted directly into garden soil that is shaded by 30%-50% shade cloth.
2 Plant before the middle of August; prime planting time is ending. If planting after mid-August, only use transplants.
3 Plant after the middle of August.
4 Plant before the end of August.
5 To improve germination, soak seeds for a few hours, or overnight in a glass of warm water.
- Beans:
- Black-eyed peas 5,2
- Lima 5,4
- Pinto 5,2
- Runner 5,4
- Snap (Green beans) (bush and pole) 5,4
- Soy (Edamame) 5,2
- Tepary 5,2
- Yard-long 5,2
- Beets 1
- Bok Choi 1
- Broccoli 1
- Broccoli raab 1
- Cabbage 1
- Chinese Cabbage 1
- Carrots 1
- Cauliflower 1
- Celeriac 1
- Celery 1
- Collards 1
- Corn:
- Ornamental 5,4
- Popcorn 5,4
- Sweet 5
- Endive 1
- Escarole 1
- Fennel (Finocchio) 1
- Green onions 1
- Herbs:
- Anise
- Caraway
- Chervil
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Kale 1
- Kohlrabi 1
- Leeks 1
- Lettuce: 1
- Head Lettuce 1
- Leaf Lettuce 1
- Malabar spinach 4
- Melons:
- Armenian Cucumbers 2
- Regular Cucumbers
- Mustard Greens 1
- New Zealand Spinach 4
- Okra 2
- Peas:
- Shelling
- Snow
- Sugar Snap
- Pepper plants 4
- Squash:
- Summer Squash: 4
- Crook-neck 4
- Patty Pan/Scallop 4
- Straight-neck 4
- Zucchini 4
- Summer Squash: 4
- Sunflowers 4
- Tomatillos 2
- Tomato plants 4
- Turnips 1
AUGUST PLANTING:
Large selection of seed-only (sowing) planting.
Brussels Sprouts
Cucumbers
Fennel
Greens, all
Lettuce
Mustard
Onions, Green
Parsley
Pumpkin
Purslane
Squash, Winter
EDIBLE FLOWERS TO PLANT:
Marigolds, including Tangerine Scented (Tagetes Lemonii), Citrus Scented (Tagetes Nelsonii)
Nasturtium
Portulaca (Moss Rose)
Stock
Sweet Alyssum
What to Harvest: