Which plants are not too late to plant in July?

For practical gardeners, the planting area is never empty, many harvest a variety of crops of early maturing varieties up to frost. By the middle of summer, part of the beds is usually vacated, and vegetable growers choose what can be planted with maximum benefit in July in their garden.

Herbs

Fresh greens are always relevant, but they are tasty and tender until a certain time, then the leaves coarse and lose their nutritional value. However, this does not mean that you will be able to enjoy salads only until the second half of July: herbs can be planted in the country in several stages.

The simplest and most unpretentious option is dill. It is sown not only in July, but also every 10-15 days throughout the season. For seedlings to appear faster, the seeds need to be held for about an hour in warm water (about 50 ° C). Sowing is done in open fertile soil. Dill will grow more intensively if 1 m² add 10 liters of compost with a tablespoon of nitrophosphate.

Suitable for July planting and watercress - extremely healthy greens with an original taste. It springs up in 1-2 weeks after sowing and grows very quickly. Other types of lettuce will develop at an accelerated pace in July if the soil is moist all the time. This will provide the leaves with softness and firmness.

The most suitable varieties for the second half of summer:

• Odessa coachman;
• Patrician;
• Buffoon.

Advice

The thickening of the salad rows should not be allowed - the plants will stretch out, throw out peduncles instead of foliage, the lower tier will begin to rot.

The popular arugula, when sown in July in open ground, rises in 5-6 days, and the first crop of this greenery can be harvested in a couple of weeks. A favorable factor is that in the second half of summer, the cruciferous flea is less active, which usually thoroughly spoils the presentation of the leaves. When planting arugula in the second half of summer, there is a chance to get fresh tender greens without hassle and processing.

Spinach is an infrequent guest in the traditional vegetable garden. However, this healthy and unpretentious vegetable is very good in salads, and is also suitable for pie fillings and stews. If you plant it in open ground in July with seeds soaked in advance for a couple of days, then after 3 weeks the young leaves can be plucked. The soil under crops and seedlings must be kept moist.

Roots

Some vegetables, planted in July, not only have time to ripen before frost, but are also perfectly stored. A prominent representative of this group is the turnip. Early varieties take 45-60 days to reach technical ripeness. If you sow turnips in the garden until 10-15, then in the fall you can harvest a fresh crop suitable for long-term storage.

Beets also have early ripening varieties, but growers in areas with an unstable climate prefer to sow their seeds in a greenhouse around mid-June "under the legs" of tomatoes or peppers, and in July you can already plant seedlings in open ground. For accelerated ripening, it is preferable to place beets in narrow beds, well heated and ventilated.

Some gardeners in early July sow early varieties of carrots, managing to collect ripe root crops before winter. Moreover, such a crop is stored even better than a batch of spring sowing. For seedlings to appear faster, it is first necessary to wash off the esters from the seeds that interfere with germination. To do this, just hold them in warm water, then rinse. The years of the carrot fly in mid-July stops until August, so the sprouts will have time to get stronger.

Radish

Fresh crunchy radish is an indispensable component of delicious summer salads, however, it is worth paying special attention to this vegetable, since many even with spring sowing planting shoots without forming fruit.

There are several nuances, taking into account which you can get a delicious radish, regardless of whether it will be planted in spring or in July.

• You should not choose a sunny place for sowing. Radishes need a short daylight hours to form a root crop (August is just fine).
• The crop prefers neutral or slightly acidic soil, sufficient moisture, but not overflow.
• Radish does not tolerate fresh organic matter, but it loves potassium, therefore, before sowing, this additive can be added to the ground in the form of sulfate.

Advice

Radish varieties with a white tip should not be overexposed in the soil, otherwise the fruit will be loose, with voids.

Besides traditional varieties of radish, there is a large original variety - daikon. Outwardly, it resembles an elongated radish. Summer sowing fruits will keep well and will not lose their juiciness until next spring.

If you plant radishes in open ground in July, then it is less exposed to attacks by scoops and cruciferous fleas. But in the case when adversity could not be avoided, pollination of the leaves with ash in half with celandine powder, dry ground mustard or spraying with an infusion of onion-garlic husks will help.

In July, you can also sow and margelan radish... She will just have time to fill up before the frost. It is important to keep the soil moist and also to loosen it periodically to avoid crusting.

Cabbage

For planting in the middle of summer, early ripe varieties of white cabbage are suitable, as well as kohlrabi and broccoli. The latter can withstand even the initial autumn frosts. In 50-55 days after sowing, in a relatively warm August, the harvest ripens completely.

The growing popularity is still gaining non-traditional types of cabbage for vegetable gardens, which can also be planted in July:

• Chinese;
• Beijing;
• half-cabbage.

Advice

Planting these varieties of cabbage, like radish, should not be carried out in a sunny place, since a day of 16-18 hours inevitably includes the reproductive instinct in these plants - the formation of a peduncle. The optimal time for sowing in open ground for the second harvest is July 15-18.

Chinese cabbage many deliberately plant only in July, since during this period it practically does not shoot, forms strong pronounced heads of cabbage.

Legumes

Green beans are a very popular component of a healthy diet, often found in salads, side dishes and as a standalone dish. This crop can be planted in the garden in July, so that in about a month the first crop can be taken.

Some vegetable growers sow bush beans not in open ground, but in greenhouses, so that after picking cucumbers or tomatoes, they ripen calmly.

Perennials

In July, it's time to take care of those crops that will be the first to delight with the harvest next spring. In the summer, you can plant in the country rhubarb, sorrel, some varieties of onions (batun, chives, fragrant). Before the autumn frosts, these plants will get stronger and form a root. Sowing is carried out in a place that is not flooded in the spring, and for the winter it is worth pouring 5-6 cm of mulch on top to hedge against freezing.

In every garden there is a corner for different varieties of mint, which is an excellent addition to tea, soothes and heals, and also repels a lot of pests from the beds. The easiest way is to plant it in pieces of rhizome, but you can also try it with seeds. The second method is more difficult, but in July weather it is quite feasible.

Sowing mint in the ground is carried out as follows.

1. Seeds are laid out on soft, moist soil (they are very small), sprinkled with fine mulch in half with the ground with a layer of about 5 mm.
2. The sowing site is covered with a film, but it should not be placed directly on the soil.You can stick blunt low pegs in the center of the ridge so that there is a small space between the “roof” and the ground.
3. When the seedlings appear and get stronger, they can be planted.

Lemon balm reproduces in the same way. In spring, young shoots will begin to appear from the overgrown rhizomes at some distance from each other.

Flowers

In July, popular two-year-old flowers can be planted in the country. In the spring, they usually do not have enough time or space on the windowsills for their seedlings, since there is a lot of trouble with tomatoes and peppers. Flower seeds are sown directly into open ground, while it is important to moisturize and mulch the soil well.

The following types are suitable for summer planting in July.

• Viola (pansies) of various varieties. Sowing can be done in any lighted free area. Until autumn, a rosette of leaves and buds will form. And in the spring, the bushes are seated in their places: on flower beds, in pots or along the borders.
• Turkish carnation. With a successful wintering next year, it will delight with flowering from spring to autumn.
• Bell. In the first year, it does not so much increase the green mass as forms a rhizome, from which powerful shoots will actively go in the spring.
• Daisies. For the rest of the season, they manage to grow and even bloom, and next year they will fully decorate the country landscape.

All these flowers are unpretentious, but for the winter it is better to cover the soil with a layer of mulch: you can cover it with pine needles. This will not only protect against freezing, but also prevent the development of the fungus, since pine needles contain phytoncides.

The climate in most regions is becoming more and more unpredictable every year, therefore, it is possible to plant something in the open ground in the garden in July only under standard weather conditions, and not against the background of abnormal cold weather or prolonged rains. Such conditions make even greenhouse cultivation problematic due to high humidity and low temperatures.

If the weather corresponds to the climatic norm, then planting a number of crops in the ground in July is quite possible and will even be crowned with success in the form of a good harvest before the long winter. You just need to choose the right ripening varieties so that the plant fully realizes its potential before frost.