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Kitchen Garden
What to plant in October: garlic, greens and cover crops
October planting for zones 6–7, with depths and spacing: garlic and shallots, spinach, lettuce and radishes, fava beans where winters are mild, and cover crops for empty beds.
Hannah Reyes · · 5 min read
Garden calendar
What to do in September
Timings for USDA zones 6–7. In zones 8–10, start spring sowings three to six weeks earlier and keep planting later into fall; in zones 3–5, wait two to three weeks.
Nights cool off, the summer crops wind down and fall crops fill the empty beds.
Sow
- Spinach and lettuce for fall and overwintering, early in the month
- Radishes and arugula, until mid-month
- Crimson clover and hairy vetch on empty beds, early in the month
- Cereal rye on cleared beds, from mid-month on
Plant out
- Perennials, shrubs and trees: fall-planted roots keep growing until the ground freezes
- Lettuce and kale seedlings, early in the month
Harvest
- Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, until frost
- Winter squash and pumpkins, once the rind resists a fingernail
- Potatoes, and the first sweet potatoes late in the month
- Apples, pears and fall raspberries
- Fall lettuce, radishes and arugula
Jobs for the month
- Cure winter squash in a warm, dry spot for about two weeks before storing it
- Bring houseplants back indoors before nights drop below 50°F
- Divide crowded spring- and summer-blooming perennials
- Buy spring bulbs now, for planting in October
