Double Your Harvests: Sow These 5 Crops in July

Summer's peak is here and with it the rush-rush of watering, weeding and harvesting. But don't forget to raise new plants too!

In this episode Ben's busy starting off vegetable garden favorites that’ll keep the harvests coming for months to come. Watch on for his selection of tried-and-trusted winners guaranteed to keep your garden cropping for longer, well into autumn and beyond.

[stevenjohns]

Central France here and it has not stopped raining for months! Having success in the polytunnel but outside I am only able to grow slugs and snails !!!

[gardentogrill]

This made me realize its almost July and i have nothing close to harvest due to bad weather and slugs 😅 gonna put al my hope into an awesome autumn

[racheltree]

I've had success against slugs this year by using washing up scourers. Cut a V shape in a washing up scourer - place around the base of the plant & then gently tuck the flap back around the plant.

[taschabelle]

Whenever I need a quick, educated and concise answer to a plant dilemma, I pop on YouTube and search through your channels for help. Every time my girlfriend hears your voice coming from my laptop, she asks, "So what's your garden guru have to say today?" She's not wrong.

[lksf]

Midsummer is the start of the growing season this year 🤣

[kirstenpaff]

The plants on my balcony are growing so slowly, it will be a miracle if I get one harvest this year. My Swiss Chard is well over a month old and still looks like week old seedlings.

[cbcat]

You're like the Alton Brown of gardening🎉 love your vids!

[LilaBlauerLuftballon]

Thank you for always taking the extra time to tell us the planting widhts in cm and inches❤

[jennesont]

I love watching your videos! Not only do I learn something valuable about veggie growing every time, but I love your sense of humour too.

[jaytoney]

It is hot here in Alabama with the heat index reaching 40C, and summer has just begun. I have potatoes chitting that will go in the ground in ten days. In about three weeks, I'll start seed starts for cabbage, and sow seeds for carrots and turnips. In mid August, I'll start seed starts for Nappa Cabbage, or Hilton Cabbage, brocolli, and cauliflower. It will be september before I plant boc choy and Yellow Heart Winter Choy. Finally, in October, I'll plant garlic cloves. Grocery store mystery garlic worked well for me, but Elephant Garlic was a bust. It did well until the temperature started warming up in March. I am harvesting peppers, tomatoes, squash, red noodle beans, and cucumbers on a regular basis. The heat hasn't slown the tomatoes in the least bit. They are still flowering and producing. I have cantaloupe and Sugar Baby watermelon on the vine. I just invested in hens, two Speckled Sussex, and three Rhode Island Red. They are about two weeks old. Their wings are fully feathered, and their tail feathers are coming in. Their hen house has been assembled. I have a 4 meter x 3 meter x 2 meter chicken run scheduled for delivery on Monday. Not only will I have eggs in the near futurer, I'll have plenty of manuer to add to my compost bins. The more I make, the less I have to purchase. I'm up to about 3 cubic meters a year.

[bastionwolf]

I really appreciate you putting chapters in. I like being able to make notes about the plants and all the information you give about them.

[_sandie_]

I’m still learning I’m amazed at the precision that’s going into these

[iwonaczapla]

South coast of UK here, harvested my first potatoes with very successful crop. Grew them in 30l heavy duty buckets. No earthing up. My tomatoes are great, Swiss chard, peppers, chillies, herbs, garlic and onions ( harvested winter onions and garlic already).
Ps - due to climate change I’ll putting up bigger polycarbonate greenhouse to extent my growing season.

[shirleyn]

Thanks, Ben for reminding me not to stop sowing and planting as the days slowly shorten to autumn.

[PanicattheDiscourse]

Planting cabbage is indeed a savoy idea.

[Just_KaoS]

More than anything I love a cheeky just in the nick of time sowing of peas.

[chompers]

Been a cold year for me, 20 growing degree days behind last year. Had an epiphany that its about time to stop hoping for the summer crops and get ready for fall and winter 😂

[carolinemorgan]

Don’t mean to embarrass you, but… I think you are marvellous! I’m off outside now, to sow some seeds.

[valoriegriego]

Howdy, Ben!👋 You are so encouraging! 😃
Earlier today, I put cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage seeds into paper towels to sprout. It's time to start seeds for the fall-winter garden in Central Texas.

[Gardeningchristine]

I’d love to sow peas in June, but I’ve got 2 months of 100+ temperatures to look forward to so I might try sowing some in August.