What grows best for a fall crop?

Question

I live in Kansas where the soil is rock-free and full of red clay and coal. I've had a garden the last two years. What and when should I plant for a fall crop? I have room for more things since some of my rows got washed away with the rain. I need to know specificall what will work for a fall crop and when to plant. Anything that can be canned or frozen is a plus!

Thanks!

Answer 1

turnips cabbage, brussel sprouts,brocli.

Answer 2

I would suggest planting pumpkins right away since this it the month for planting them, also buy pre-sprouted eggplant and vegetables to fill the garden rows that are blank. Parsley is working very well in my mushy wet portion of my garden, I would add in Basil and other herbs that would thrive in the moist soil. Spinach, kale, collards, and mustard greens will keep going all winter long. If you start from seeds, plant onions and garlic at this time to be harvested next year in June. Winter squash will get really large and tasty if planted at this time. If you have full sun, plant sunflowers now. Good luck!

Answer 3

Contact your state's extension office!  But I agree with the other posters: cool weather crops to plant now would include cabbage, spinach, broccoli, even peas.  Plant anything that can be harvested by late September for your region.

Answer 4

Garlic is a good fall crop for me.  It matures the next spring.  Garlic also has a long shelf life if stored properly.

Answer 5

Broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, late crop of green beans, that is all I can think of now. Look it up online under cool weather crops.

Answer 6

I'm your neighbor here in Missouri and I love to have spinach as my fall crop. I usually plant it the end of Aug. It grows so fast and I've even picked baby spinach after brushing off the first snow. It's easy to freeze and I put in lots of recipes, you don't have to like spinach to put a little in recipes and not even know it's there. But it's so rich in iron!!!

Answer 7

Any kind of "winter" squash! I love Patty Pans (you can eat them whole!) Acorn squash, Butternut squash, Sweet Potato squash, Spaghetti squash....you can bake them, make soups, casseroles, desserts, all kinds of things. But right now I would (if possible) plant 'plants', the seeds might not start to grow in time to have large plants before the frosts.