The vegetable garden in September: which vegetables to sow and harvest?

Summer may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean you can store your gardening tools and give up planting in your vegetable garden. On the contrary, if it is a harvest-rich period, September is also ideal for preparing your winter vegetables. Some vegetables planted in September will even be harvested in the spring.

Which vegetables to sow in September?

Your September seedlings are a promise of delicious soups. Among the vegetables to be planted at the end of summer are cabbages, turnips or endives, radishes, parsnips, carrots and other winter onions, which you can harvest two months after sowing them.

September is also the perfect time to sow your salads. Chews, rockets and other curly will fill your vegetable garden during the fall and winter.

It is still possible to plant leeks in September. To accelerate their development, plant them in a soil that you will have enriched with compost. Your leeks will be among the vegetables you will enjoy in the spring.

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The maintenance of the vegetable garden in September

In addition to seedlings, which can still be numerous at this time of year, the end of summer is also the time to carry out some maintenance work in your vegetable garden. Butter apple cabbages, leeks if you have already planted them during the summer and other celeriacs and branches, adding soil to the foot of the plants, will allow you to whiten and strengthen them.

Like the rest of the year, think about regularly weeding the aisles of your vegetable garden. You will also need to protect your vegetables from possible diseases and parasites that may threaten them at this time of year. It is indeed conducive to the development of common diseases such as oidium which affects cucumbers, mildew that attacks potatoes or cabbage moth and leek moth.

Tomato plants can be pruned, removed from their superfluous foliage and branches - those that do not bear fruit - to allow them to concentrate their strength on the last tomatoes to be harvested.

September harvests

The month of September will allow you to enjoy your last tomatoes and eggplants, before the time comes to prune your plants. You can also harvest zucchini, peppers and other cucumbers. It's time to prepare delicious ratatouilles and why not freeze them to continue to enjoy your summer vegetables during the winter! Note that pinching the stems of eggplants and squash will allow them to ripen more quickly so that they can be harvested during the end of summer.

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