Veggies can you plant NOW for a fall harvest

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Now that we’re into the tail-end of summer, the window for seeding vegetables for a fall garden is here.

Mid-August in the Upstate is traditionally the time to start seeding your garden for a fall vegetable harvest.

WYFF 4 Meteorologist Griffin Hardy went over to South Pleasantburg Nursery in Greenville to learn more about how to get ready for fall gardening season.

“Probably the biggest mistake is planting too early and rushing the season,” said Davis Sanders, an employee at South Pleasantburg Nursery.

Sanders told WYFF 4 there are a few common mistakes he sees gardeners make when first getting started.

“Mid-September is probably the earliest I would recommend planting a fall vegetable garden,” said Sanders. It is a good time to start seeding indoors so you can have the transplants ready – but – planting too early, not paying attention to the watering, and overuse of pesticides are the often mistakes people make.”

One important thing to remember is that now may still be too early to put transplants or plantlets outside, but if you’re seeding, now is a great time to do it. Sanders says this is mainly because the summer heat and pests can still be an issue in late-August for plantlets, but not for seeds:

“Another concern is the fact that most of the – or rather a lot of the insects and other pests that tend to prey on smaller plants are still very active,” said Sanders.

“Most notably, things like cabbage loopers – little green inchworms that you see dropping down from trees this time of year. Oak leaf caterpillars – yellowneck caterpillars, that kind of thing – can devastate a new planting of tender crops this time of year.”

Here is a quick list of some vegetables that are great to seed now for a fall harvest.

All of these vegetables, with the exception of Brussels sprouts, will usually be ready for harvesting anywhere from 50 to 70 days after planting.

Brussels sprouts typically take a bit longer – around 90 to 100 days.

For more information on how to get your fall garden ready, Clemson University’s Home & Garden Information Center is a great resource.

Click here to head over to their website.