What kind of vegetables are suitable for growing in September? These five are just in time!

In September, the temperature began to drop slowly, and the wind gradually became cooler. White Dew and the Autumn Equinox are about to usher in two solar terms. For crops, it is not only the harvest season, but also the sowing season. So, what vegetables are suitable for growing in September? These five are just in time!

Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a very popular vegetable with delicious taste, high nutrition and high medicinal value. Vitamin C content is very rich, but also has anti-cancer effect, the average nutritional value and disease prevention effect far exceed that of other vegetables. Cauliflower has developed root system and strong regeneration ability, so it is suitable for seedling raising and transplanting. It is easy to suffer frost injury below 0 ℃, but it is difficult to form a flower ball above 25 ℃. The growth of foliage and bolting and flowering should be warm and the suitable temperature should be 20-25 ℃. It is usually planted from September to November every year.

2. Artemisia annua

In ancient China, chrysanthemum was a court delicacy, so it was also called emperor cuisine. Artemisia annua has the breath of Artemisia annua and the sweet fragrance of chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum is a semi-cold-tolerant vegetable, which is not strict with light, and weak light is generally better. It is a short-day vegetable, which is beneficial to its growth when it is cool and mild, and the soil relative humidity is maintained at 70% to 80%. Under the condition of long-day sunshine, vegetative growth can not be fully developed, and it will soon enter reproductive growth and blossom and seed. The seeds are usually sown from late August to October.

3. Radish

Radish is one of the ancient cultivated crops in the world. It is a semi-cold-tolerant vegetable. The seeds can germinate at 2 ℃-3 ℃ and the optimum temperature is 20 ℃-25 ℃. The seedling stage can withstand a higher temperature of about 25 ℃ and a low temperature of minus 2 ℃-minus 3 ℃. The growth temperature of radish stems and leaves is 5 ℃-25 ℃, and the optimum temperature is 15 ℃-20 ℃. The growth temperature of fleshy root is 6 ℃-20 ℃, and the optimum temperature is 18 ℃-20 ℃. When the temperature is below minus 1 ℃-minus 2 ℃, the fleshy root will be frozen. It is generally planted in mid-late September.

4. Chinese cabbage

Chinese cabbage is a native vegetable in China, which has a long history of cultivation. Cabbage is more hardy and likes cold climate, so it is suitable for growing in cold season. The seeds are usually sown from late September to late October. Chinese cabbage is suitable for planting in loam, sandy loam and black loess which are rich in organic matter, but not in sandy soil which is easy to leak water and manure, let alone in clay with poor drainage.

5. Tomato

The fruit of tomato is rich in nutrition and has special flavor. Can be eaten raw, cooked, processed ketchup, juice or whole fruit can be stored. It is a kind of temperature-loving vegetable. Under normal conditions, the optimum temperature for assimilation is 20-25 ℃, and the optimum soil temperature for root growth is 20-22 ℃. It was mainly planted in autumn, sowed from late August to early September, and harvested from November to March of the following year.

It can be seen that the vegetables suitable for growing in September are cauliflower, chrysanthemum, radish, Chinese cabbage and tomato. In addition to these, you can also choose other suitable varieties according to the local climate and soil conditions.