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Grant: Fresh green beans are better | Texas


Fall gardening is essentially the opposite of spring gardening since the temperatures gradually go down instead of up. This means it is generally hot when you plant and hopefully cool when you pick. The order of succession for the crops planted is also the opposite.

Since autumn in East Texas is essentially a “second spring,” we can grow all the same crops again. However with our usual mid-November frost putting an abrupt end to the season for warm season vegetables, planting time is critical. Since it takes around 60 days for most summer squash, cucumbers, and green beans, August is as late as you want to attempt planting these.

— Greg Grant is the Smith County horticulturist and Master Gardener coordinator for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. He is the author of Texas Fruit and Vegetable Gardening, Texas Home Landscaping, Heirloom Gardening in the South, and The Rose Rustlers. You can read his “Greg’s Ramblings” blog at arborgate.com, read his “In Greg’s Garden” in each issue of Texas Gardener magazine (texasgardener.com), or follow him on Facebook at “Greg Grant Gardens.” More science-based lawn and gardening information from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service can be found at aggieturf.tamu.edu and aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu.



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