What to Plant in October

Your complete Zone 7A planting guide for October. Here's everything you should be starting, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting this month.

Direct Sow

3 plants

Radish

🕐

22–35 days

📏

1-2 inches

Late fall planting

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Garlic

🕐

240–270 days

📏

6 inches

Plant cloves in fall, 4-6 weeks before ground freezes

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Cilantro

🕐

45–70 days

📏

6-8 inches

Late fall sowing

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Harvest

13 plants

Tomato

🕐

60–85 days

📏

24-36 inches

Harvest remaining before first frost

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Pepper (Bell)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Final harvest before frost

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Pepper (Hot)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Harvest all before frost

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Squash (Butternut)

🕐

85–110 days

📏

48-72 inches

Harvest before hard frost

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Lettuce

🕐

30–60 days

📏

6-12 inches

Fall harvest

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Spinach

🕐

35–50 days

📏

4-6 inches

Fall harvest

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Kale

🕐

50–70 days

📏

18-24 inches

Fall harvest; sweeter after frost

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Beans (Lima)

🕐

65–90 days

📏

4-6 inches

Final harvest before frost

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Carrot

🕐

60–80 days

📏

2-3 inches

Fall crop harvest

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Radish

🕐

22–35 days

📏

1-2 inches

Fall harvest

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Sweet Potato

🕐

90–120 days

📏

12-18 inches

Dig tubers and cure 1-2 weeks

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Basil

🕐

50–75 days

📏

12-18 inches

Final harvest before frost

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Cilantro

🕐

45–70 days

📏

6-8 inches

Fall harvest

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