Fall is an excellent time to grow many vegetable crops. During this season the gardener can take advantage of cooler temperatures and more plentiful moisture.
Many spring-planted crops such as lettuce and spinach tend to bolt, or produce seed, and become bitter
in response to the long, hot summer days. Fall gardening helps extend your gardening season so that you can continue to harvest produce after earlier crops have faded.
Vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussel sprouts are better adapted to fall gardening, since they produce best quality and flavor when they can mature during cooler weather. In Indiana, spring tends to heat up rather quickly. For many crops, insect and disease pests are not as much of a problem in fall. Many vegetable crops are well adapted to planting in late summer for a fall harvest.
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