What to Plant in September

Your complete Zone 3A planting guide for September. Here's everything you should be starting, sowing, transplanting, and harvesting this month.

Direct Sow

1 plant

Garlic

🕐

240–270 days

📏

6 inches

Plant garlic cloves 4-6 weeks before ground freezes

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Harvest

3 plants

Tomato

🕐

60–85 days

📏

24-36 inches

Race to harvest before frost

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Pepper (Bell)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Finish pepper harvest before frost

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Kale

🕐

50–70 days

📏

18-24 inches

Kale harvest - sweeter after light frost

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