Practical trait

Fall-Planting Seeds

Browse crops and cover crops with fall planting windows anchored to the first expected frost date.

Planning summary

Matching entries

63

Plant families

16

Indoor-start entries

23

Direct-sow entries

59

Container-friendly entries

43

Succession entries

29

Source basis

• CSU vegetable planting guide 14 entries cite this source
• Wisconsin Extension cover crops and green manures 10 entries cite this source
• Seed Savers seed saving guide 8 entries cite this source
• UMN planting the vegetable garden 8 entries cite this source
• Xerces pollinator-friendly native plant lists 7 entries cite this source
• Penn State cole crops for home vegetable gardens 5 entries cite this source
• Penn State plant factsheets 4 entries cite this source
• UMN starting seeds indoors 3 entries cite this source
• Penn State planting for pollinators 2 entries cite this source
• Penn State pollinator recommendations 1 entry cites this source
• UMN companion planting guide 1 entry cites this source

Quickest entries

• French Breakfast Radish 28 days · Direct sow
• Astro Arugula 35 days · Direct sow
• Buckwheat Cover Crop 35 days · Direct sow
• Bloomsdale Spinach 42 days · Direct sow

Related planning paths

• Start Indoors Seeds 23 matches in this collection
• Direct Sow Seeds 59 matches in this collection
• Container-Friendly Seeds 43 matches in this collection
• Succession Sowing Seeds 29 matches in this collection
• High Pollinator Value Seeds 30 matches in this collection
• Quick-Maturity Seeds 28 matches in this collection
• Fall-Planting Seeds 63 matches in this collection
• Part-Shade-Tolerant Seeds 21 matches in this collection

All matching varieties

• French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
• Astro Arugula Vegetable · Cool · 35 days
• Buckwheat Cover Crop Cover Crop · Warm · 35 days
• Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
• Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
• Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
• White Stem Bok Choy Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
• Yellow Mustard Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 45 days
• Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
• Santo Cilantro Herb · Cool · 50 days
• Sweet Alyssum Flower · Shoulder · 50 days
• Vit Mache Corn Salad Vegetable · Cool · 50 days
• Bouquet Dill Herb · Shoulder · 55 days
• Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
• Early White Vienna Kohlrabi Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
• Jewel Mix Nasturtium Flower · Shoulder · 55 days
• Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
• Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
• Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
• Annual Ryegrass Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
• Berseem Clover Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
• California Poppy Flower · Shoulder · 60 days
• Field Pea Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
• Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
• Minowase Daikon Radish Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
• Oilseed Radish Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
• Pacific Beauty Calendula Flower · Cool · 60 days
• Spring Oats Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 60 days
• Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
• Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
• Blue Boy Bachelor's Button Flower · Cool · 65 days
• Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
• Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
• Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
• Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
• Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
• Italian Flat Leaf Parsley Herb · Shoulder · 75 days
• Spencer Mix Sweet Pea Flower · Cool · 75 days
• Common Chives Herb · Cool · 80 days
• Florence Fennel Herb · Warm · 80 days
• Green Curled Endive Vegetable · Cool · 85 days
• American Purple Top Rutabaga Vegetable · Cool · 90 days
• Black-Eyed Susan Native · Warm · 90 days
• Crimson Clover Cover Crop Cover Crop · Shoulder · 90 days
• Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts Vegetable · Cool · 100 days
• Tall Maximum Snapdragon Flower · Cool · 100 days
• Giant Imperial Larkspur Flower · Cool · 110 days
• American Flag Leek Vegetable · Cool · 120 days
• Hairy Vetch Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 180 days
• Winter Rye Cover Crop Cover Crop · Cool · 180 days
• Blanketflower Native · Warm · 365 days
• Canada Goldenrod Native · Warm · 365 days
• Clustered Mountain Mint Native · Warm · 365 days
• Common Milkweed Native · Warm · 365 days
• Dense Blazing Star Native · Warm · 365 days
• Eastern Bee Balm Native · Warm · 365 days
• Foxglove Beardtongue Native · Warm · 365 days
• Joe Pye Weed Native · Warm · 365 days
• Lanceleaf Coreopsis Native · Warm · 365 days
• Little Bluestem Native · Warm · 365 days
• New England Aster Native · Warm · 365 days
• Purple Coneflower Native · Warm · 365 days
• Swamp Milkweed Native · Warm · 365 days