What to Plant in Late Summer (For a Fall Harvest)

Late summer is not the time to stop gardening just because it's hot and some plants are suffering. Late summer can be the perfect time for sowing and planting. Cool season plants will germinate quickly in the warm days of summer and grow well as temperatures drop. A late summer planting can provide you a wonderful fall harvest and keep your gardening spirit alive. Look for the list of plants below.

Check out this shade cloth:

Clips for shade cloth:

These cool season plants can do well with a late summer planting:

Arugala
Beets
Quick-growing beans
Broccoli - best success if transplanting 3-4 week plants
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage - best if transplanting 3-4 week plants
Carrots
Chard
Collards
Endive
Green Onions
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Mustard greens
Parsnips
Pak Choi
Peas
Radishes
Radicchio
Spinach
Turnips

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[lindalober]

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to putting seed in my beds tomorrow! appreciate the time you take to share!

[tamarakowens]

Thanks Gardener Scott! Moving into a house now and relieved that there is still time for my first garden.

[EATPLATSSAVETHEPLANET]

Thank you! I would have missed this option and some really good greens for winter!

[tikermothyn]

Incredible video! I'm starting my first garden right now and this was very helpful.

[chcnsac]

Convinced me to plant for fall harvest! Thanks!!!

[JH]

Thank you gardener Scott. You’re a wealth of information and an inspiration!

[alejandro]

Very useful video! I think I watched it already about five times 😅 I've already tried with peas and Ackerbohnen and it worked fine - we harvested a lot even during winter months! 🤩

[nickbild]

Good stuff Scott. Thank you for the info. I’m going to try some fall crops this year!

[sarahbengeloun]

Do you think I would be able to plant in a shady area of my garden at the end of the summer? Asking because you said you eventually remove your shade cloth. I was thinking about just planting in a shaded area and once it starts to get cold, throwing plastic on top to help keep in some heat. What do you think? Thank you! Love your channel

[christiensgarden]

Fantastic information, very excited about watching your channel

[project]

The Internet is filled with more spring planting guides than you can shake a virtual stick at, but there seems to be a drought of information on late summer planting. Do you have more guidelines or resources for more information on *when* to plant various crops?

[DerekBlais]

Leafy greens are better to grow in colder times, not only because they taste better and require less water, but they don't need any special attention for pest control. My greens always got destroyed by pests in the summer. I even went through the effort of recruiting natural predators like praying mantis and lady bugs, but it wasn't enough. I think fall and winter greens are the best tasting. They seem to taste the sweetest when there is snow on the ground.

[saminairfan]

Pls do a video on installing a water irrigation system

[rogerwharton]

What do you suggest for growing in a greenhouse ? And I live in Nebraska.

[beeneverywhereman]

Will be planting carrots and kale and lettuce soon. Gotta get rid of the sweet corn, tomatoes and cardoon. The okra is still producing a mass amount so summer isn't over just yet here in 9b.

[mapofthesoultagme]

Can kale and mustard greens survive -20 C? I live in Calgary, Canada and the average first frost day is September 14

[annestudley]

Thanks a lot for that information. What about using coffee chafe for the mulch? Do you think the seedlings could poke through that?

[RickeyMcDaniel]

For a 4 foot wide raised bed, what size should the dimensions of the cattle wire be?

[elainieg]

great advice Scott, enjoy your educational videos. Where abouts do you live?

[anidnmeno]

"the end of the gardening season" I know what all those words mean individually, but put together like that.. I'm lost