October Planting Guide

Bedding Plants

     Water in newly planted cool-season bedding plants with a half-strength fertilizer solution to get them off to a good start. 

Bulbs 

     Dig and store your caladium tubers in early October. Don't wait for the foliage to die down and disappear, since that will make it harder to find the tubers. 

General Maintenance

     Now through February, dig, divide and transplant perennials, such as daylilies, ajuga, daisy, rudbeckia, coreopsis, yarrow and others. 

Vegetables

    Vegetables to plant this month include beets, broccoli (transplants), Brussels sprouts (transplants), cabbage, carrots, cauliflower (transplants), celery, Chinese cabbage, collards, endive, green peas, snow peas, edible podded peas, garlic, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, onions (seed or sets), rutabaga, shallots (sets), parsley, radishes, spinach, Swiss chard, turnips and kale.