What to Plant in October

Your complete Zone 5B planting guide for October. Here's everything you should be starting, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting this month.

September|November

Direct Sow

1 plant

Garlic

🕐

240–270 days

📏

6 inches

Plant garlic 4-6 weeks before ground freezes

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Harvest

2 plants

Sweet Potato

🕐

90–120 days

📏

12-18 inches

Sweet potato harvest before hard frost

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Kale

🕐

50–70 days

📏

18-24 inches

Kale - sweeter after frost

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