Vegetable garden in July. The month of July is full of gifts both for the garden and the orchard. The arrival of heat will require frequent watering.
The month of July is full of gifts both for the garden and the orchard. The arrival of the great heat will require more frequent watering.
È necessario water the vegetable garden and potted plants once a day, preferably in the evening. Take particular care of the newly transplanted seedlings, which need daily watering and to be sheltered from too strong and direct sunlight.
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What to sow in July
In July you can start sowing autumn vegetables such as radicchio, leeks, fennel, cabbage and cabbage. You can also take care of sowing late peas, radishes, beets and courgettes. Seed germination is favored by high temperatures. Peas, beans, green beans, radishes, carrots, lettuce and cut lettuce can be sown directly in the ground, in the vegetable garden, without going through the seedbed.
In July it is possible to sow:
- Offer
- carrots
- Cauliflower
- Cabbages
- Cabbage
- Chicory
- beans
- Green Beans
- Fennel
- Endive
- Lettuce
- Baby lettuce for cutting
- peas
- Visit
- Parsley
- Turnip
- radicchio
- Ravanelli
- arugula (rocket salad)
- escarole
- Zucchini
Tips for sowing and transplanting
In July sow in seedbed outdoors: chicory, lettuce endive, leek, radicchio, escarole. Sown in full ground: fennel, beets, radishes, beans, green beans, courgettes, cabbage, cabbage, parsley. Transplant from the seedbed to the vegetable garden: celery and leeks. To make the seedbeds you can use recycled materials, such as yogurt jars or other similar containers whose bottom can be pierced.
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The harvest of the month of July
The month of July is among the richest of the year for the harvest. You can enjoy numerous summer vegetables. Between herbs and medicinal products it will also be possible to collect: basil, sage, chives, parsley, rosemary, oregano, mint, thyme, mustard, lemon balm, lavender and cumin. Who owns an orchard will harvest: apricots, strawberries, peaches, raspberries, lemons, gooseberries, blueberries, blackberries, currants, plums, apples.
In July we will harvest
- Basil
- Offer
- carrots
- Cabbage
- Cucumbers
- Onions
- beans
- Green Beans
- Strawberries (in colder regions such as Trentino)
- Endive
- Lettuce
- Melanzane
- Melon
- Oregano
- Pepperoni
- peas
- Tomatoes
- Parsley
- Ravanelli
- Rosemary
- arugula (rocket salad)
- Kratom
- Zucchini
Garden on the balcony in July
In July you can take care of sow in pots rocket, lettuce, carrots, radishes, parsley and zucchini. You can transplant the seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, basil, sage, rosemary, aubergines, chillies from the seedbed to the pot or into a larger pot. Water the potted plants with a spray in the morning and in the evening and eliminate stagnation in saucers. It is preferable to always carry out harvesting of vegetables and aromatic herbs in the evening, as well as pruning and eliminating dry leaves. If the heat is excessive, move the more delicate plants to the shadier area of the balcony.
READ also: Watering your plants: 8 tips to save water and irrigate better
Work in the garden according to the lunar calendar
Crescent moon
With the growing moon, take care of the sowing or the transplant of celery, cabbage and leeks. Sow beans, green beans, cabbage, beets, fennel and parsley. Take care of cimare tomatoes, runner beans, cucumbers, watermelons and melons. When flowering is complete, prune the sage. With the crescent moon, harvest cucumbers, courgettes, tomatoes, lettuce, aubergines.
The moon will be waxing from 11 to 23 July.
falling moon
On waning moon days sown lettuce, chicory and radicchio, endive and escarole. Gather radishes, carrots, onions, apricots, peaches, plums, apples and prepare the ground for autumn sowing and transplanting. Set the days for cleaning and arranging used equipment in the garden month by month. Prepare the soil for lawn sowing and prune the roses. Plant bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes.
The moon will be waning from July 1st to July 9th and from July 25th to 31st.
The moon will be full on July 24 2021
