Succeed With Succession- The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right
Horticulture|July - August 2024
The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right. Once a crop like spring turnips or snap peas has finished, I tidy up the bed, amend the soil with a thin layer of compost and replant. Depending on the new crop, I may be sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings.
By Niki Jabbour
Succeed With Succession- The best crops to plant throughout summer, plus how to time them right

By July many of the early-planted vegetables in my garden are finished and it's time to get serious about succession planting.

Once a crop like spring turnips or snap peas has finished, I tidy up the bed, amend the soil with a thin layer of compost and replant. Depending on the new crop, I may be sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings.

Here are five tips to boost succession-planting success:

1 Pick the right crops. When planting in July, it's essential to select the right crops and varieties. This means choosing those that have time to grow and mature before your first fall frost date. Every variety has its "days to maturity" listed on the seed packet or in the seed catalog. With this information at hand, count backward from your first average frost date to know if a July planting will give the crop enough time to reach harvestable size.

2 Start certain crops indoors. Many gardeners turn their grow lights off once the garden has been planted out in spring. Not me! I continue to use my grow lights throughout summer to provide robust seedlings to pop into my garden beds.

3 Water frequently. July is typically the hottest month of the year and it can be difficult to keep the garden consistently damp. Yet it’s important to give just-planted beds and pots adequate moisture to avoid spotty sprouting or wilted seedlings. Using the mist or shower setting on your hose nozzle, water frequently. The ideal times for watering are the early morning and late afternoon.

Cucumbers.

4 Create shade over a seeded bed. To reduce watering, create shade over the bed by floating a piece of shade cloth or row cover on wire hoops. This slows water evaporation from the soil, so you won’t need to water as often. Once the seeds sprout, remove the shade so the young plants have plenty of sun.

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