Fall Gardening?

[bills]

I got some spuds at the store (organic) in July in hopes of planting them in Sept. But they didn't really have any sprouts when the begining of September started. Very small eyes or none at all. I got the russets, yukon gold, and red. So maybe purchasing the spuds sooner than June/July for a fall planting.

As of now only the reds have anything eye like. Not the russets or the golds.

Where/how you store them can encourage sprouts. Warm dark places seem to get them sprouting fairly quick. By quick I mean 2-4 weeks.

We get to much rain to plant spuds in the fall, chances are good they would rot in the ground, well before spring. Small whole spuds would probably do best, rather than cut pieces.

As to the current garden status...

Currently I have several varietys of lettuce growing very well. Arugula, Cabbage, Brussel sprouts, Bok choy, Guy lan, Broccoli, Collards, Scarlet runner beans, and two varietys of Spinach.

My Evergreen bunching onions are still thriving, as they have for two years. (Try this variety of green onions if you haven't yet) They have self seeded recently and there will be a ton more by spring. Probably have to thin at least half of them.

My Zucchini's are on their last legs after a bout of powdery mildew, which seemed to hit them early this year. Must have been from the heavy dew??

Leek seed I planted in the early spring never showed at all, so I planted some in August, and they are showing 3-4" now. They should be ready for spring harvest.

My tomato's are still producing wildly. That incredible summer heat we had this year was a bonus for them. I don't think they know its getting cooler yet, they were so excited.. Best crop I had in years. Helps make up for the blight I got two years ago that wiped them all out.

Squash vines are dieing back rapidly now, and I can finally see the mutitude of fruit, the leaves were hiding. Looks like the Speghetti squash is the overall winner as to pure numbers of fruit produced. As usual Hubbard is the winner for shear size, although I got some Butternut this year that are huge. The Buttercup are a nice size, but from 4 plants, it looks like all I got were 8-10 fruit overall. I think I should have watered them better..

Row covers, or like I use, mini A frame greenhouses placed over your rows should keep things gowing for quite awhile longer.

 

[curly_kate]

I've got a big patch of lettuce, and a raised bed of spinach, carrots, beets & Radishes.

I must confess, I am kind of looking forward to winter, when I don't have to worry about weeding, watering, picking, etc. Then I can spend my time looking at the seed catalogs and planning for NEXT summer.

 

[halo]

Im planting my fall garden now. Tomatoes, peppers, squash, should be up and producing before my first frost. Lots and lots of spinach, cabbage, onions, broccoli, cauliflower. I always have a better fall garden than spring garden. I just never get that spring garden in early enough, it seems.

The fall garden is so great because I dont get the bug or disease issues that I do in the spring. I absolutely hate to spray for bugs or disease, so I try and suffer thru or, or, like this spring, I found a tomato (Bella Rosa) that is incredibly disease resistance, and the tomatoes are killer good.

 

[sparkles2307]

Potatoes, leeks, pumpkins, squash, I think thats it...