You Can Still Plant These Crops After the Tomato Season
It’s time to remove the tomatoes. It may still be a little warm where you are, but the time for tomatoes is over. But there are five or six crops you can plant after tomato season and still have a good harvest before Thanksgiving.
Root vegetables are your best choice
Short-growing crops (those that grow in less than 45 days) are most likely to be successful in the fall. Start with radishes, which take 30 days to grow, and plant several varieties. You should also grow several rows of beets: golden, red, Chioggia. Also plant turnips in the ground, both white Japanese and giant American. You can also sprout rows of carrots. If you plant Little Finger, any Nantes variety, or Parisian Market variety, you will likely have them before winter, but your larger Guardian Carrots will be able to grow all winter and will wait until spring.
Peas are for fall
You will have a narrower window for peas now than in the spring, so I recommend choosing bush-type peas that are three feet tall or less. There are many to choose from, and you should sow them now.
Grow all the greens
Plant bok choy, which only grows well at this time of year, and then plant more a week later. Spinach will also grow fruitfully now, as will chard. You may be lucky and the chard will survive the winter. Greens like mizuna are also good this time of year. The cabbage will likely overwinter, so place it in the ground.
Don’t Skip Kohlrabi
Kohlrabi is the pearl of the garden. Firstly, it looks charming in your garden, like little purple or green satellites; and secondly, it is delicious both raw and cooked. Slice it thin or slice it thick and grill it. Either way, kohlrabi is delicious and you can buy it now and harvest it before the end of the year.