Kind of depends on what, if any, seedlings you can get now. Most nurseries I'm familiar with have long since sold out and quit producing. So that would be the place to start - see what is available to buy. Otherwise you can still plant squash from seed and you might have some success with melons from seed.

Dave

Thanks, Dave! That seems so obvious now that you've said it :) Off to the nursery I will go!

KC

Basil to flavor those tomatoes. Basil likes warm conditions.

Gonna be a regional thing!! In my area there are still plenty of veggie starts available, especially the 'hot season' crops like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, squashes, cukes and melons.

You can also get a jump on the fall stuff like chard. Probably too early for winter stuff like broccholi cause we can go into October and even November for our growing season. Maybe some bush beans?

You certainly have more than 60 days of growing time. More like 90+. Have fun! Nancy

Got cukes, peppers and some malabar spinach! Still have a couple of empty spots I could fill, so chard is a great idea! Thanks!

Good job! Checked this thread because I have a similar situation. I too have (sub irrigation, self watering) planters to fill, and lots of tomatoes and peppers.

Way too hot here still for fall planting. It will be at least 104 on Saturday! Our problem is it's too hot for some things to set fruit over the next few months, but there are occasionally cycles of cool enough weather that something might work.

Haven't replanted my "Sweet Pea" Earth boxes ( they lasted so nice and long this year!), and I'm going to try some seed for icebox melons, lemon cucumbers, and roc d or beans.

I know it's late, but I looked hard and found a site (and digdirt! Thanks!) that says June is still okay. Not much to lose, except the water. I don't grow these often, but I thinking of these seeds as not far behind seedlings.

Definitely doing several kinds basil plants, and some other hot weather herbs! Thanks for that hoovb!

Oh yeah; I need to be gone for the next week.

Nanelle, don't you get cooler faster in Fall than we do? From your location it sounds like you're closer to Sac'mento? If you can still plant, I totally can :)

Good luck!

KC

Not sure if we get significantly cooler any sooner, but it is probably significantly cooler then where you are by late November, and we might get some freezes in the early AM in January. It can still be pretty hot in October, and my peppers are usually doing really well until Thanksgiving. I'm think we officially have about a 260 day growing season.

On the other hand, I've never tried seeding anything this late, mostly because it is so hot, seedlings will really struggle. We are expecting 99 today, 104 tomorrow.

Yeah, me too! Normally I tend to plant way too early, rather than way too late, but life...!

Off to get the sad looking seedlings into their new homes!

KC

Wow, that's pretty cool! I wound up planting eggplant and bitter melon, and boy, what a harvest this year! The eggplant in particular seems to like it cooler, as we haven't really had any really hot spells!

I finally cut those melons, most the size of a large grapefruit. These were from a seed pack from Renee's, with three icebox melons of three different colors.