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What to Plant in July in Your Vegetable Garden

June 26, 2021 by Tiffany Davis 40 Comments

What to plant in July in your vegetable garden – yes you can! Zones 1 – 10 can still plant in the month of July. I have a list of vegetables, listed by zones, that can be planted this month. Be sure to check out the other What to Plant Guides: Month to Month Guide to Vegetable Gardening.

Let’s get to that summer planting in July! Each of the zones is separated so you can see exactly what you can plant this month by your zone. I have included links to seeds that work best for your zone, in each section.  I have also included some herbs, where applicable, in addition to veggies.

What to Plant in July in Your Vegetable Garden

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What to Plant in July in Your Vegetable Garden

WHAT TO PLANT IN July ZONE 1 

Plant in July

Seeds that do great in Zone 1

  • Cabbage – How to Plant and Grow Cabbage
  • Chinese Cabbage
  • Endive
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lettuce (head) – How to Grow Lettuce in Your Backyard
  • Lettuce (leaf)
  • Peas
  • Radish
  • Rutabagas

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Marcus Tullius Cicero

WHAT TO PLANT IN July ZONE 2 

Seeds that do great in Zone 2  

  • Beans (snap)
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Carrots (until the 15th)
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Chard
  • Endive
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lettuce (head) – How to Grow Lettuce in Your Backyard
  • Lettuce (leaf)
  • Radish
  • Rutabagas

Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors. Oscar de la Renta

WHAT TO PLANT IN JULY ZONES 3 & 4 Plant in July

Seeds that do great in Zone 3 and Zone 4

  • Beans (snap)
  • Beets – Growing Beets in Your Backyard
  • Chinese Cabbage (before 15th)
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lettuce (head only) – How to Grow Lettuce in Your Backyard

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. William Cowper

WHAT TO PLANT IN JULY ZONES 5 & 6 Plant in July

Seeds that do great in Zone 5 and Zone 6 

  • Beans
  • Beets (later in the month) – Growing Beets in Your Backyard
  • Brussels Sprouts (late in the month)
  • Corn (sweet) – Growing Corn in Your Backyard
  • Cucumbers
  • Radish

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth,
and no culture comparable to that of the garden. Thomas Jefferson

WHAT TO PLANT IN JULY ZONES – 7 & 8bPlant in July

Check out seeds that do great in Zone 7 and Zone 8

  • Beans
  • Brussels Sprouts
  • Corn (sweet) – Growing Corn in Your Backyard
  • Cucumbers
  • Eggplant
  • Okra (early) – How to Grow Okra in Your Backyard
  • Peppers
  • Pumpkins – Growing Pumpkins at Home
  • Squash – Growing Summer Squash

There’s something about taking a plow and breaking new ground.
It gives you energy. Ken Kesey

WHAT TO PLANT IN JULY ZONES – 9 & 10

Plant in July

Check out seeds that do great in Zone 9 and Zone 10 

I’m in this zone and July is a tough month to plant in the heat. But don’t despair, there are a few things you can still get in the garden!

  • Eggplants
  • Peppers
  • Okra – How to Grow Okra in Your Backyard
  • Sweet Potatoes (early) – Grow Sweet Potatoes 
  • Watermelons (transplants will give you better results) – Harvesting Watermelon

If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day,
you ought to seriously re-examine your life. Bill Watterson

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Comments

  1. Emma @ Misfit Gardening says

    July 1, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    What a great list, thanks for sharing! I’m in zone 7 and still sowing beans, lettuce/salad leaves, basil and cilantro!

    Reply
  2. Beverly Thompson says

    July 7, 2017 at 3:48 pm

    Any plant list for the rest of the year in zone 8 .

    Reply
    • Regeanna Shelton says

      July 20, 2020 at 11:16 am

      Thanks anything eles I growing right now

      Reply
  3. Deborah says

    July 8, 2017 at 12:00 pm

    I am in central New Mexico & I have been trying to plant cucumbers & cilantro for a month & something is eating them & nibbling at the other plants as well. These are raised beds that haven’t been used for 4 years. I have removed all the accumulated leaves etc & watered deeply to prepare, but I feel there are no snails or slugs it is also set in the middle of pea gravel. I am at a loss as to what is eating things. Any ideas & what I should do to stop this!! Any HELP appreciated.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 9, 2017 at 5:46 am

      Could be horn worms, birds or maybe rodents. Hard to say without seeing pictures.

      Reply
    • Ben Yohros says

      July 9, 2017 at 5:22 pm

      I have iguanas destroying my Okra

      Reply
      • Lili says

        July 16, 2017 at 8:19 pm

        Use marigolds,basil, oregano and or any other strong ” smelly” plant as companion plants . They also hate spinach

        Reply
    • Sarah says

      July 15, 2017 at 8:28 pm

      Get a spray bottle add dawn dish soap an water spray cucumbers

      Reply
    • Karen says

      July 17, 2017 at 5:21 am

      Hi! I live in Grand Junction and was having the same problem awhile ago. I tried this first to find out what was eating my vegetable leave and plant leave. Try first: take a small butter container with a lid, poke holes in the lidabout the size of a pencil. Pput inside 5 TBSP cooking oil any kind you have I used vegetable oil at about aTBSP cheap soy sauce. Put the lid on and in the evening put it in the ground at ground level. By the plants that are being eaten. Then in the morning check the traps. Mine was filled with Earwigs lots of them I repeated this process and added more traps all over my garden and for 3 days I had earwigs then finally I went to my local nursery and said “ok i give up they win” I got most of them in traps but I was getting tired of this process so. I purchased a Broad Spectum Insecticide” has Bifenthrin in it. My local nursery said thats what they use, I bought the kind that was premixed and just attached to my garden hose and sprayed 1 time a week for 3 weeks and worked. Honestly you could watch the earwigs run into the yards of my neighbors or died on their way. And now I have so much good stuff going on in my garden it totally solved my problem. The brand was Ferti-lome. And you can harvest a day or 3 days later without harm and safe for pets but read the label or talk to your local nursery person. Try the traps first to see if thats your problem but the spray also works for other insects so if its not earwigs maybe it will help. The spray has also helped with squash bugs this year but I do keep an eye on it too. Hope this helps.

      Reply
    • Petra says

      July 17, 2017 at 9:40 pm

      I am in Colorado. The crows and magpies tried to eat my bean seeds just last week as they started to sprout. I got lucky and caught it. A piece of wire fencing over the seedlings did the trick in my straw bale garden!

      Reply
    • Eve says

      July 24, 2017 at 6:29 pm

      When I lived in New Mexico the wild rabbits always ate my food before me. Just something to think about and watch for. Best of luck

      Reply
    • Collette Koski says

      July 25, 2017 at 10:01 pm

      No idea what’s eating your plants but you can use diotenatious earth (de). The spelling may be wrong but it is a natural pesticide. After it rains you have to put down more, but you use so little. I use a can with shaker holes in it, you can make your own out of almost anything. Hope this is a help. Good luck!

      Reply
    • Bobby says

      July 9, 2018 at 10:36 am

      Maybe earwigs, they have eaten a lot of my seedlings. They only come out at night.

      Reply
    • The River says

      July 23, 2018 at 9:15 pm

      Plant marigolds around the perimeter. Whatever the culprit, it won’t like the smell of marigolds. They also disguise the aroma of your vegetables! lol

      Reply
    • Barbara says

      July 3, 2019 at 1:29 pm

      I too am in central NM and suspect that it is some kind of caterpillar whether horn worms or other. Look closely at the stems and under leaves. Diatomaceous Earth from a garden supply should nix the problem. Good luck!

      Reply
      • Tiffany Davis says

        July 4, 2019 at 4:32 am

        DE is an amazing tool!

        Reply
    • Charlda says

      June 16, 2020 at 10:36 am

      Neem oil all over the veggies

      Reply
    • Scarlett says

      July 2, 2022 at 5:45 am

      In a raised garden especially you can plant something next to (on the ground or nearby) that is a tribute to whatever is eating your plants. A berry bush is great for that they are tedious to harvest and best left For the Birds, (wink) and rodents. Or whatever choice plant your hungry neighbor likes that is low effort. By planting something easy to get to and fencing or protecting your plants it indicates to nature what is for you and for them. Why fight that fence for celery when these carrots are right here. If it’s birds get a bird feeder with good more favorable seeds. We are encroaching on so much space and deplinishing so many food and home plants for nature. Please be kind.

      Reply
    • Leslie says

      July 3, 2022 at 12:07 am

      Birds can eat new seedings. I was having the same thing and it was both birds and snails (slugs and pill bugs too!)

      Reply
    • Rubye says

      July 5, 2022 at 2:07 am

      If you don’t mind killing a few bugs you could put a sticky trap,you might catch a rat,possum,or squirrel,or coon,and it would be a big mess,maybe you could borrow a trap from the animal control in your area,it might be something small or big,too bad you couldn’t put a camera out there.

      Reply
    • Mb says

      July 8, 2022 at 9:24 pm

      Earwigs possibly?

      Reply
  4. Jenna says

    July 10, 2017 at 9:17 am

    How do you know which zone you are in? I’m a beginner! help!

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 10, 2017 at 10:39 am

      Jenna – go to https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ and put in your zip, it will tell you. Happy gardening!

      Reply
  5. Kristin says

    July 11, 2017 at 8:49 pm

    By beans does that include green beans?

    Reply
  6. Kori says

    June 28, 2019 at 5:26 pm

    Are these from seed?

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 1, 2019 at 4:33 am

      Mostly, but it will depend on your particular zone.

      Reply
  7. Silvia says

    July 7, 2019 at 10:00 am

    How do l know which Zone l am in l leve in Phoenix AZ

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 7, 2019 at 7:48 pm

      Use this link, it will tell you by zip code: https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/

      Reply
  8. Emma Dorsey says

    July 7, 2019 at 11:46 am

    Thanks I need to get going on my planting! I love your blog.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 7, 2019 at 7:44 pm

      Thank you! I love that it’s helping!

      Reply
  9. Amy D. says

    July 11, 2019 at 8:17 am

    In zone 9. What kind of peppers? Bell peppers, jalapeno peppers? Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 12, 2019 at 3:40 am

      Yes, all of those!

      Reply
  10. Tom Kempf says

    June 16, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    I live in Indiana what zone is that

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      June 22, 2020 at 5:51 pm

      https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/

      Reply
  11. Jean Severn says

    July 4, 2020 at 11:14 am

    I just had dark green mustard greens and pot likker with cornbread and fresh cukes, tomatoes, pepper, all from garden. Can we plant seeds for Fall greens in North Texas now?

    Reply
  12. Regeanna Shelton says

    July 20, 2020 at 11:16 am

    Thanks anything eles I growing right now

    Reply
  13. Rosie says

    July 30, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    I live in Southern California Riverside County,I’ve got squash,tomatoes,bell pepper (which isn’t growing) and I’ve got egg plant.everything’s growing but no bellpeppers hmm what’s going on.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 31, 2020 at 4:54 am

      Are you getting flowers but then no growth or the plants aren’t even flowering? Have you tested your soil? You could have a calcium deficiency.

      Reply
  14. Angela says

    June 30, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    thanks for the tips. I am new to gardening.

    Reply
    • Tiffany Davis says

      July 1, 2022 at 6:36 am

      You are so welcome. I hope you love gardening as much as I do!

      Reply

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