What to Plant in Georgia in August
August in Georgia sits right in the gap between summer’s last stretch and the fall garden’s start.
Gardening in Georgia
Everything we have worked out for Georgia: what to plant and when, which varieties finish in time, the pests that actually turn up here, and the jobs that pay off month by month. We also cover the rest of the property, from lawns and soil to home care and energy, because a garden rarely stops at the vegetable bed.
The numbers first, because everything else follows from them. Measured at the weather station in Atlanta, the last spring freeze runs March 11 to March 29 and the first fall freeze runs November 13 to December 1, USDA zones 6a-9b, 5,477 growing degree days in the year.
Garlic does well: 13 weeks below 40 °F, comfortably past the six it needs to form a proper head.
Elsewhere on the property in Georgia: the pests that turn up here.
Figures from NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals. A state is not one climate: elevation, a large lake or the coast can move these dates by two weeks either way, so check your own county with the extension service before you spend money.
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