Hot peppers I leave in.
Fall crops, depends how far north. I can't plant tomatoes in July though that is when they tell you to plant your fall crops, they just roast & die.
I've grown onions, peppers, squash-winter types, cabbage, lettuce, beans and tomatoes over the past winter.
Tally HO!

Yep leave those peppers in.....in fact treat'em good so the plants get big so they can support all those fall peppers you'll be getting. Mine make gangbusters in the fall.

I can get tomatoes if I start them in early July and don't transplant them until mid August. That way I can control the sun they get and make sure they get big stems to transport all the water they are gonna need. They still need all the wind and weather but you can shade them with shadecloth and keep an eye on them. Fall always makes big bunches for me but you do have to have strong plants before they really take the heat.

I also get more yellow squash in the fall then green so I don't even plant the green anymore. Green beans are fine. Beginning of September comes radish and beets and turnips and then October comes the cool crops. I can hardly wait cause the heat and wind are killing the garden now.......only thing that doesn't seem to care are the blackeyed peas.

Thanks for the tips guys ... what varieties of tomatoes would you recommend for fall? Or does it even matter? I get so confused with all the 'mater varietes (early, extra early, super-mega-fantastic early, etc.) In the spring, I grew Early Girl, Carnival, Celebrity, and Sweet Baby Girl. Are there any varieties that do particularly worse or better for Texas fall gardens?

This year has been strange. The standbys have been ok but not like normal. My theory when I started was to plant the A&M suggested (a big fruit, a medium fruit and a small fruit) and one experiment. Then if you have more room you can repeat the process. That way gardening is fun and productive.

we already planted our tomato seeds two days ago.
i always do like they say, but end up with green
mators so i planted a little early. We used a determinate one
and a few non-determinate small fruited ones.
Got containers
to get them through the heat, then will plant. Keep
the peppers, they go haywire in the fall. gardening in
Texas is experimental not scientific.hahahahah
that i have learned! i'm already planning a fall garden
haha really will try to get the most out of this year. has anyone done potatoes in the fall? any luck?

Although this link is from the Collin County Master Gardeners website, it is for the whole state of Texas since it gives a range of dates. I hope it is helpful. Just click on which vegetable you want to grow and it will give you varieties and dates for planting.

Here is a link that might be useful: Master Gardeners - Vegetable planting dates

Ok....yes...I am new to Texas this year gardening as well!I have one above ground box that gets about 6 hours of sun per day and have 6 tomato plants and three peppers-

My tomatoes are about 4 feet tall and have green ones all over and my peppers (hot) have a few on them but not ready yet either!

I planted them in April...should I have already had a crop?? Or am I on time? This thread made me think.....ummm....fall planting? I am still working on getting a crop from my spring planting!!!!

Any help would be great!
Becca