Melissia,

It depends on what you want to grow and it depends on where you live in the state. What you choose to plant now will vary based on the days-to-maturity of the veggies you plant and the first autumn freeze in your area.

Look at the linked thread from a while back. Compare the list of fast, medium and slow-maturing veggies. Figure out your average first freeze date. Compare the two and then plant what you think will have time to mature and produce.

Here in southern OK (and probably in the rest of the state too) there's plenty of time to plant seed now and get a harvest from the plants on the "quick maturity" list. In fact, for most of the cool-season crops on that list, it is still too hot to direct seed them, although you could start seeds in cups where you can control their sun exposure and moisture.

For plants on the "Moderate Maturity" list, some likely would have time to mature if planted from seed now and that includes broccoli, Chinese cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, sweet corn (if 65-70 DTM varieties are planted), green onions, kohlrabi, bush lima beans, okra (could fail to produce pods, though, if cool weather comes extra early), parsley, and southern peas. Peppers or cherry tomatoes MIGHT have time to produce before frost, but only if large transplants (from 5-6" pots) are set out ASAP.

On the list of slow maturing plants, the cool season ones like brussels sprouts, cabbage, or cauliflower could be planted from seed and likely would produce before a freeze gets them. Of course, these particular vegetables can take some cold weather.

Garlic is traditionally planted in fall (Sept.-Oct.) for harvest in late spring to early summer of the following year.

For the warm season plants on the Slow Maturity list, it is likely too late for the following from seed or tuber: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes (might get some from tubers planted now if they are relatively short TM), pumpkins and winter squash or melons.

It is definitely too late for melons, peppers, eggplant and tomatoes from seed. With everything else, it varies. For example, bush beans are a safer bet than pole beans at this point because they produce more quickly.

Of course, everything hinges on the arrival of the first freezing weather/hard killing frost. Since moving here to Marietta 10 1/2 years ago, we've had a killing frost as early as Sept. 30th and as late as mid-December, so how well your fall garden does can vary a great deal depending on what the weather does.

Hope this helps.

Dawn

Here is a link that might be useful: Veggies You Can Still Plant For Fall Harvest

Thanks so much Dawn -- I'm only about 30 min East of you -- so we pretty much have the same frost date.

I'll probably start ripping stuff out of the garden in the next couple of days - and start planting -- is there anywhere to get seeds now -- I usually order, but haven't gotten around to it this year -- Does any of the feed stores or nurseries have garlic?

Hi Melissia,

I thought you were down here in southern OK, but my memory is so bad that I wasn't positive.

Home Depot in Gainesville is the place I saw seed as recently as about 10-12 days ago.

I also saw seed at Target in Denton as recently as about 2 weeks ago, but haven't been there since. So, if you are going to Sherman for any reason, check out both Target and HD there. The Lowe's in Ardmore took out their seed display in July, but I don't know about the one in Durant.

Otherwise, go online to Willhite Seed and order this weekend and you should have seed by about Wed. or so. Both soonergrandmom and I have ordered from them recently and we both received our orders very, very, very quickly.

It is hard to find garlic in the local stores to plant in the fall because, apparently, the folks who order for most stores think it ought to be planted in spring, unless you just buy and plant grocery store garlic. You can order it online from just about any seed company or do a search o this forum and see who Jay (who posts as Elkwc) recommended a while back as a garlic source. I think it was somebody called wegrowgarlic.com.

Dawn

Here is a link that might be useful: Willhite Seed Company