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.
Don’t forget your compost in July:
What to Plant in July in Your Vegetable Garden
WHAT TO PLANT IN July 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 
- 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
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
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 & 8b
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
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
More Gardening Tips, Tricks and Help
- Getting Rid of Tomato Hornworms
- Vegetables You Can Grow From Scraps
- Good Bugs for Vegetable Gardens
- 15 Clever Gardening Tips to Use
- Savvy Garden Tips to Save You Money
- Growing Citrus in Pots
What a great list, thanks for sharing! I’m in zone 7 and still sowing beans, lettuce/salad leaves, basil and cilantro!
Any plant list for the rest of the year in zone 8 .
Thanks anything eles I growing right now
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.
Could be horn worms, birds or maybe rodents. Hard to say without seeing pictures.
I have iguanas destroying my Okra
Use marigolds,basil, oregano and or any other strong ” smelly” plant as companion plants . They also hate spinach
Get a spray bottle add dawn dish soap an water spray cucumbers
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.
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!
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
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!
Maybe earwigs, they have eaten a lot of my seedlings. They only come out at night.
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
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!
DE is an amazing tool!
Neem oil all over the veggies
How do you know which zone you are in? I’m a beginner! help!
Jenna – go to https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ and put in your zip, it will tell you. Happy gardening!
By beans does that include green beans?
Are these from seed?
Mostly, but it will depend on your particular zone.
How do l know which Zone l am in l leve in Phoenix AZ
Use this link, it will tell you by zip code: https://garden.org/nga/zipzone/
Thanks I need to get going on my planting! I love your blog.
Thank you! I love that it’s helping!
In zone 9. What kind of peppers? Bell peppers, jalapeno peppers? Thanks so much!
Yes, all of those!
I live in Indiana what zone is that
https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
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?
Thanks anything eles I growing right now
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.
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.