{"id":111,"date":"2011-06-25T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T21:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-06-25T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T21:46:49","slug":"fall-planting-for-dfw-north-texas-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/25\/fall-planting-for-dfw-north-texas-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Planting for DFW \/ North Texas Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/25\/fall-planting-for-dfw-north-texas-area\/sun\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun.gif?fit=315%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"315,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun.gif?fit=315%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-112\" title=\"sun\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun-300x289.gif?resize=300%2C289\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun.gif?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sun.gif?w=315&amp;ssl=1 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When the temperature each day is getting up above 100\u00b0F and staying above 80\u00b0F each night, it doesn&#8217;t seem very instinctual to plan for a bunch of new plant life in your vegetable garden &#8212; but that is what people in the know do. \u00a0It is one of the secrets of vegetable gardening in the north Texas area. \u00a0We can get 2 crops in and the fall crop typically works out better than the spring crop. \u00a0(so I&#8217;m told) \u00a0The trick is to get them in the ground at the right time so that when that brief period of cooler weather finally hits, your plants will already be to maturity and will start setting fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Right now (end of June to early July) we can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>place tomato, pepper, and eggplant seedlings in the ground.<\/li>\n<li>start broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage from seed indoors<\/li>\n<li>seed\u00a0watermelon\u00a0and\u00a0cantaloupe\u00a0outdoors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before long (first of August) will be time to start placing the cool weather crops out for the fall. \u00a0Most of those crops will grow all winter long, unless we have a super cold period like we did this past year.<\/p>\n<p>More detailed information about when to plant can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/forum\/index.php?topic=249.0\">DFW\/North Texas Planting Calendar<\/a> thread on the <a href=\"http:\/\/northtexasvegetablegardeners.com\/forum\/\">North Texas Vegetable Gardener Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the temperature each day is getting up above 100\u00b0F and staying above 80\u00b0F each night, it doesn&#8217;t seem very instinctual to plan for a bunch of new plant life in your vegetable garden &#8212; 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