Waco Gardening Tips: SEPTEMBER

Herbs and veggies to plant this month.  

START SEEDS OUTDOORS

Arugula
Beets (by Sept 29)
Bok Choy
Broccoli (by Sept 11)
Carrots (by Sept 4)
Cauliflower (by Sept 4)
Celery (by Sept 4)
Chives (by Sept 18)
Collards (by Sept 14)
Dill (by Sept 18)
Fava Beans (Broad Beans) (by Sept 14)
Kale (by Sept 29)
Kohlrabi (by Sept 24)
Lettuce (wait until late Sept)
Mustard (first week of Sept)*
Oregano (Sept 4)

Peas (by Sept 9)
Parsnips (by Aug 12)
Radishes
Rosemary (by Sept 18)
Swiss Chard
Turnips)

The info for this month's planting guide came from the 2023  Farmer's Almanac planting guide for Waco, except for the part about mustard and Kale, which came from Month to Month Gardening in Texas.  



More planting tips. 

• This is the month to transplant iris and calla lily.  There's a great video on how to divide and transplant iris here.  (But if they don't absolutely need deviding, possibly wait until next year.)
  
  
  
• Plant broccoli and cauliflower seeds now. 
  
  
• Plant bulbing onions, bunching onions,  leeks, and shallots this month (cut off date for these is October 1).   Shallots sets are planted, not seeds.  The rest  should always be direct seeded into the garden, which is unfortunate considering this heat.
  
  
• Find out what other vegetables and herbs you can plant this month HERE.  But I'd hold off on anything that can still be planted next month, unless you want to seed indoors.  
  
  
• Providing some shade for your plants may help.  Dorris at FlipFlopGardener suggests plant umbrellas (and gives some nifty instructions on how to set them up.   I've used plastic flowers to shade my read seedlings until they were strong enough to grow without shade, and it worked well. 

I find most of my info about when to plant in the book Month to Month Gardening in Texas and at the Mother Earth News Website.