Are you wondering what you can plant in September? Depending on your zone, you might be surprised at all the vegetables, fruits and herbs that you can plant in September. Let’s get the fall garden going! Before you make in plans for planting make sure your beds have been amended after your summer harvests.
I prefer compost but make sure to check out how you can improve your soil without compost or make your own DIY soil mix for pots, containers and raised beds. Also, it is important that you are careful with your planting, using crop rotation even in your raised beds; for optimal soil and plant health.
Be sure you check out my post on plants you can grow indoors all fall and winter too!
What to Plant in September in Your Vegetable Garden
I have a list of everything you can plant, listed by zones, in the month of September. Be sure to check out the other What to Plant Guides for March, April, May, June, July and August.
If you aren’t sure which zone you are in click here!
Please keep in mind that this is a general list and some are for 2 zones (like 5 & 6). I love to hear what works for YOU in your zone and I try to keep the list as updated as a can, from your suggestions. Thank you!
What to Plant in September – Zone 1 
- Cabbage
- Garlic
- Radish
What to Plant in September – Zone 2
- Artichokes
- Garlic
- Radish
- Spinach
- Turnips
What to Plant in September – Zones 3 & 4
Seeds that do great in Zone 3 and Zone 4
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussel Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Corn (zone 4 only)
- Cucumber
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Onions (zone 4)
- Peas
- Spinach
- Squash (zone 4)
- Tomatoes (zone 4)
What to Plant in September – Zones 5 & 6
Seeds that do great in Zone 5 and Zone 6
(it may best to start the seeds earlier and transplant many of these to the garden for fall growing)
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussel Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Cucumber
- Corn
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Onions
- Peas
- Peppers
- Spinach
- Squash
- Tomatoes
What to Plant in September – Zones 7 & 8
Check out seeds that do great in Zone 7 and Zone 8
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussel Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Peas
- Peppers (zone 8)
- Spinach
- Squash
- Tomatoes (zone 8)
What to Plant in September – Zones 9 & 10
Check out seeds that do great in Zone 9 and Zone 10
- Beans
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Brussel Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery (zone 10)
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Eggplant (zone 10)
- Endive
- Kale
- Kohlrabi (zone 9)
- Lettuce
- Onions
- Parsley (zone 9)
- Peas
- Peppers
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
Here in Phoenix the fall is our prime planting time. I am already clearing beds and allowing the hens to dig for bugs in preparation for planting in September. I can wait for that bountiful fall harvest! What is your favorite fall veggie?
Happy Gardening Everyone!
Brussel sprouts!
I live in Charlotte NC what zone would I be in?
There is a link int the post to determine that.
I live in Zone 6 and I can assure that most of the things on your list can NOT be planted in September. We will almost certainly get frost in mid to late October and the daylight hours are already waning. You might be able to eek out a few radishes or continue to harvest lettuce or spinach that is already growing but you certain;y would be wasting your time and money trying to plant beans , squash, peppers,cucumbers, corn or tomatoes. I am blown away by this misinformation.
Kathryn – definitely love a first hand gardener’s input. I use about 3 – 4 different resources to put these lists together but nothing like real experience!
I agree with Kathryn. No disrespect towards you Tiffany, but I was excited to read. But this is inaccurate. These plants do well in zone 6 during this time, but not by starting from seed. It’s September 1st and my beans are doing great! And Brussel spouts will grow through the first couple frosts, even had it growing late November during snowfall! The difference is, they are established plants already. So your recommendations are great with plants that are already established but not from seed, direct sow.
I agree that August is too late for most seed planting.
It’s also too late for small tomato plants except for maybe some cherry tomatoes. One might be able to get away with planting a second round of peas in August IF it doesn’t frost early.
You Can plant most of the seeds mentioned for zone 4 but they won’t come up until the next spring. I’ve had a lot of those seeds winter over in my garden and come up as “volunteer” plants the next spring. Very seldom do they germinate in the fall.
in all honesty, you should either edit this and repost it, or pull it. All of us are busy, and this is a terribly innacurate article
As I have responded before, I don’t live in every zone. I researched this with 4 separate, and reliable sources. However I would LOVE to have someone from each zone respond with a list and I’d be happy to edit it. I work very hard and many hours on the blog; I don’t seek to waste anyone’s time, nor my own. Let me know if you’d like to contribute for your zone. Thanks 🙂
I’m in zone 7a and you won’t get very far planting tomatoes in the fall. Too cold and days are too short. I guess if you kept them in a heated greenhouse with artificial light you’d be able to get some.
For us, right now in zone 7a, lots of leafy greens, root crops such as radish, carrots and beets, as well as planting garlic now to harvest in the spring next year.
Yeah, that’s marked zone 8. Thanks for the feedback. 😀
I live in 5B and agree with everyone above – our first frost is generally mid-October so planting in September is not enough time for most seeds to germinate and get established. Please reconsider whatever sources you checked. That said, I sometimes let mustards and dill go to seed during the summer and have had a few volunteers next Spring. I’ve also had a couple tomato volunteers in the Spring and currently have a 3″ tomato (probably courtesy of birds) but it will be dead at the first hard frost – even if I cover it. Late August, I replanted lettuce, peas (Alaska), spinach, spinach mustard, kale (Siberian), radishes which will probably produce before the weather gets too cold. (I think beets and turnips could be planted August as well.) The only thing I’ve planted in September is turnip greens which love the cold and come up quickly. Garlic cloves could be planted now though I usually wait until October and they won’t do anything until Spring. The cole crops on your list (broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower) might have enough time to produce with good weather but they’d have to be VERY large plants – not seeds. We don’t do corn but beans, cucurbits (cucumber, squash), carrots, onions are planted in the Spring though you might be able to get a second crop of carrots and onions if you are able to harvest and replant in July. We never direct sow tomato and pepper seeds as our growing season is not long enough to get alot before the first frost.
Thanks for your input. Would you be willing to send me a list of what you DO plant in September (seeds or transplants)? I am going to edit this list based on the recommendations from other zones. Thanks!
Not sure if y’alls Lowes does but our Lowe’s carries plants that are established for planting in fall. Which I would assume is why there are lists recommending them. Just a thought instead of beating someone down.
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I live in Canada. Just about 20 minutes from the border at North Dakota. So that makes us a zone 3. I’m certain none of the plants listed would have a chance planted in September. If we do’tt get our gardens in by May or early June they Will struggle to produce for us. Even plants I take inside don’t produce anything cause the daylight hours are too short.
If I live in zone 3/4, can I plant the things from zones 1,2?
Yes, but just at a different time.
Just so you know, Pinterest is followed outside of the continental US. I live in Canada and am sad to see your planting map same as most others stops at the 49th parallel. Canada /US border. It would be wonderful if you could include Canada and Mexico in the planting zone map. Thanks for listening
Sue, I never try to exclude but I am based in the US and write about what I know. I did find a zone finder for Canada that would relate to the information here as well. Check out https://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-canada-hardiness-gardening-zone-map.php
Hi, I live in zone 3/4 and the latest I ever plant for fall harvest is August. (The last few things I planted in August to harvest in the fall are turnips, radishes, and spinach) you might get away with radishes in September for a fall harvest.. or turnip greens – not the root though..
I seriously doubt you can get tomatoes- it is the middle of August now and I have yet to pick a ripe tomoatoe and I planted, tomatoes plants in May …
Always looking for new insight- but i feel newbie gardeners would be greatly mislead by the article (for zone 3&4)
Do wish we had a longer growing season – but alas..
Appreciate you trying to put something together- it is a great idea!! Hope you are able to edit it soon!
Zones are a very inefficient way of determining what can grow where and when. I’m in zone 5, and I can plant many of these plants in my zone, but they require a lot of TLC, and good coverings for frost and freeze. I have a winter garden in my unheated greenhouse. My main crops in there are broccoli and greens like kale and spinach. They do well enough, though they pretty much stop growing from mid-December through mid-January. My light is limited in the afternoon or they would probably do better. The outdoor beds hold lettuce, radishes, peas and brassicas like brusselsprouts. They taste amazing grown in cold weather!!! But, like I said, they all get covered even though many of them can handle a light frost. There is a book, The Winter Harvest Handbook, by Eliot Coleman. He lives in Vermont, and grows all winter long. I learned a lot from his book.
Hi and happy almost Fall!
Here in Mesa we have no area for a raised bed.
What do you suggest that is container-friendly
for Fall planting? Thanks! “0)