What to Plant in July

Your complete Zone 6A planting guide for July. Here's everything you should be starting, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting this month.

Start Indoors

1 plant

Kale

🕐

50–70 days

📏

18-24 inches

Start fall crop indoors

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Direct Sow

1 plant

Beans (Green)

🕐

50–65 days

📏

4-6 inches

Last succession planting for fall harvest

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Harvest

16 plants

Tomato

🕐

60–85 days

📏

24-36 inches

Early varieties begin producing

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Pepper (Bell)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Green peppers ready; leave for color

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Pepper (Hot)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Early varieties begin producing

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Cucumber

🕐

50–70 days

📏

36-60 inches

Peak harvest

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Zucchini

🕐

45–65 days

📏

36 inches

Peak production; harvest daily

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Beans (Green)

🕐

50–65 days

📏

4-6 inches

Peak harvest

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Carrot

🕐

60–80 days

📏

2-3 inches

Continue spring harvest

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Onion

🕐

90–120 days

📏

4-6 inches

Cure in dry area for storage

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Garlic

🕐

240–270 days

📏

6 inches

Cure for 2-4 weeks before storing

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Potato

🕐

70–120 days

📏

12 inches

Main crop harvest

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Corn

🕐

60–100 days

📏

8-12 inches

Early varieties ready

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Watermelon

🕐

70–90 days

📏

60-96 inches

Early varieties ripen

fruit

Cantaloupe

🕐

70–90 days

📏

36-48 inches

Ripe when slip off vine easily

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Eggplant

🕐

60–80 days

📏

24-36 inches

Harvest when skin is glossy

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Basil

🕐

50–75 days

📏

12-18 inches

Regular harvesting encourages bushiness

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Dill

🕐

40–60 days

📏

12 inches

Collect seeds for pickles

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