What to Plant in September

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

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Direct Sow

6 plants

Lettuce

🕐

30–60 days

📏

6-12 inches

Direct sow fall crop

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Spinach

🕐

35–50 days

📏

4-6 inches

Sow fall crop

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Peas

🕐

55–70 days

📏

2-4 inches

Plant fall crop

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Radish

🕐

22–35 days

📏

1-2 inches

Fall crop

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Dill

🕐

40–60 days

📏

12 inches

Fall sowing

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Cilantro

🕐

45–70 days

📏

6-8 inches

Fall planting

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Harvest

11 plants

Tomato

🕐

60–85 days

📏

24-36 inches

Continue harvesting until frost

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Pepper (Bell)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Continue harvest

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Pepper (Hot)

🕐

60–90 days

📏

18-24 inches

Continue picking

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Zucchini

🕐

45–65 days

📏

36 inches

Late season harvest

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Squash (Butternut)

🕐

85–110 days

📏

48-72 inches

Harvest when stems are dry and skin is hard

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Beans (Green)

🕐

50–65 days

📏

4-6 inches

Fall harvest from late sowings

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Beans (Lima)

🕐

65–90 days

📏

4-6 inches

Continue harvesting

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Sweet Potato

🕐

90–120 days

📏

12-18 inches

Harvest before first frost

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Watermelon

🕐

70–90 days

📏

60-96 inches

Late varieties

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Eggplant

🕐

60–80 days

📏

24-36 inches

Continue until frost

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Basil

🕐

50–75 days

📏

12-18 inches

Continue until first frost

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