What can you plant in October: it's high time for these crops
If you want to take some of the load off your garden next spring, try sowing cold-hardy greens, garlic, and some root vegetables in the fall.
Moreover, thanks to this technique, the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh is sure, you will be able to collect the first harvest earlier than usual.
And the fact that some crops bear fruit much better when sown in autumn cannot be denied. Take winter garlic, for example – it is considered the standard of taste and quality.
However, it is enough to list the advantages of this sowing option. It is better to tell you which plants are suitable for this.
So, the list can safely be opened with the above-mentioned garlic, which is usually planted in early October, and its “brother” – black onion (the right time for it comes in October-November).
Cold-resistant dill, the seeds of which will sprout even when the temperature outside is only a few degrees above zero, can be planted in the fall, when a crisp light frost sets in (again, this time most often falls in the second half of October and November).
All of the above applies equally to cilantro and parsley.
But for spinach, two different periods are suitable at once: the beginning of October and the period when stable cold weather with slightly subzero temperatures descends on the earth. In the first case, spinach will go into winter with leaves, in the second, the foliage will appear in the spring.
Finally, it would be appropriate to close the list with such crops as salad mustard (late October-November), sorrel (November), carrots (days when the temperature is not below +5 degrees), beets (the temperature range starts at 0 and ends at -5 degrees), radishes (stable slightly below zero temperatures).
