Zucchini in Fall?

Question

I asked a question about fall gardening earlier and got no response, so I will try to be more specific.

Is it wise to plant zucchini, cucumbers, artichoke or Japanese eggplant in August? I live in Southern California where the temperatures are warm, even in Winter. Last winter we saw a drop to 35 degrees, but that was like two nights total.

I know you can plant lettuces, but I would like to keep my zucchini and other stuff going, too.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I have looked this one up for you and it appears, where you have a temperate climate such as yours in California, it is perfectly possible to do so., so long as there are still plenty of bees about to do the pollination, so happy gardening.

Answer 2

u can plant them now  zucchini, cucumbers eggplant caorrots potatoes/ anything that doesnt take long time to come up..

Answer 3

I'm in SoCal also and lets go down the list. Artichoke can be put in now if it's a decent sized plant, not seed or a seedling.

Zucchini and cucumbers are a bit iffy but you still have a shot if you use seedlings (nursery grown) and not try to sow seed.

Wait till next year for the eggplant, they are truely heat loving and slow to mature to fruiting size, were talking 3 months are more. Enjoy and good luck

Answer 4

as with most gardening , its down to experimenting, so why not try, you might be surprised