I just Roto-tilled what garden. Can I plant now living in Chicago?
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Gardening in the fall can be much more challenging than spring planting, because you are in a race to get your crops mature and harvested before the winter frosts begin, around October 24. This means you need to consider how much time each variety needs between planting and picking. Those numbers vary widely between different varieties of the same kinds of plants! Usually the "Days to Harvest" are present on the seed packet.
Most tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, for example, require around 100 days to harvest, therefore you'd want to transplant those into the ground around July 16. Anyway, it's important to remember that the numbers in this fall planting guide are only a starting point for you! Good luck and good gardening to you.
Fall is the time to plant garlic. Around September 9, take your cloves apart and plant the toes about 3 to 4 inches deep. This may not be accurate! Garlic dates vary wildly around the country. The way to be sure is to use a soil thermometer. When the soil temperature is 60° at a depth of 4 inches, then plant your garlic.
Cole crops like broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage can be direct seeded into your garden around August 15, but because of the heat during that time of year, it's better to start them indoors around June 26 and then transplant them into the garden around August 5. Do the same with lettuce and spinach.
Sow peas directly around August 10.z
Other things you have time to grow from seed:
Green beans, beets, carrots, Swiss chard, corn, northern varieties of cantaloupe, mustard greens, and turnips.
Things you can grow from plants or sets:
Cucumbers, onions and parsley
Its kind of late to plant, but if you find a tomato plant that has flowers, that should still bear. Beans, zucchini, radishes, carrots... these are all good to plant now since they are kind of a one and done plant and most people replant after the first harvest. Well, beans and zucchini will bear more than once, but they still have short lives. Once my beans and zucchini stop bearing well I pull them out and replant. You get the idea :)
For vegetables choose cool weather crops.
What do you want to plant? Are there existing flower beds? Now is the time to come up with a garden design. Are in ground sprinklers in place? Electric and or gas pipes for future projects?
unless its lettuce it's doubtful. As a former Chicagoian planting by the end of May is about what your timing should be. However, check with a local plant selling store, there may be something that can go in and survive until the first frost.
I used to live in the Midwest and it is past planting season for most crops.
little late