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What to Plant in July in Your Vegetable Garden

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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

Don’t forget your compost in July:

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

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

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 

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

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!

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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  3. Deborah says

    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.

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      • Lili says

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

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    • Karen says

      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.

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    • Petra says

      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!

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    • Eve says

      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

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    • Collette Koski says

      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!

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    • The River says

      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

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    • Barbara says

      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!

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    • Scarlett says

      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.

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    • Leslie says

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

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    • Rubye says

      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.

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  11. Jean Severn says

    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?

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  13. Rosie says

    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.

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