WHAT TO PLANT IN
June

Mid-Atlantic Region

 We need to develop an attitude of loving cooperation with no idea of “conquest.” It’s much easier to learn about a thing you love than a thing you intend to conquer or dominate.

 The Plowboy Interview: Euell Gibbons

Author, Stalking the Wild Asparagus

Issue #15, May/June 1972

To read more about what to plant in other months and regions, visit our What to Plant Now home page.

For planting times specific to your zip code, check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Vegetable Garden Planner. 

Top Crops for Mid-Atlantic Gardening:

 

Here are the Top Ten crops for Mid-Atlantic gardens, followed by other recommended crops, as rated in our National Survey of Most Productive Garden Crops. (The criteria for selection include ease of culture, efficient use of garden space and time, ease of storage and desirability at the table.) The recommended crops are sorted by plant family to help you plan rotations so that the same plant families are not grown consecutively in the same area, as much as possible.

Top 10 Crops: Mid-Atlantic Region

 1. Slicing tomato
 2. Sweet pepper
 3. Cherry tomato
 4. Pole snap bean
 5. Bush snap bean
 6. Garlic
 7. Potato
 8. Snow/snap pea
 9. Summer squash
 10. Bulb onion

Other Highly Recommended Crops:

Cabbage family:  Broccoli, cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi 

Cucumber family:  Cucumber, winter squash 

Leafy greens: Arugula, chard, lettuce, mache, mustard (all types), pac choi, sorrel, spinach 

Legumes:  Asparagus/yard-long bean, bush lima bean, dry soup bean, edamame, peas (all types), Southern pea

Root crops:  Parsnip, radish, rutabaga, shallot, sunchoke, turnip 

Tomato family:  Eggplant, peppers (all types), tomatillo, tomato (all types)

Miscellaneous:  Asparagus, leek, okra, scallions, sweet corn 

VEGETABLES 

Sow Indoors   

Sow Outdoors  

Transplant 

Beans, snap 

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Beet 

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Cabbage  

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Carrot 

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Chard 

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Gourds 

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Leek  

 XXX 

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Lettuce 

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Peppers 

Radishes 

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Radicchio 

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Scallion (green onion)  

XXX  

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Squash, winter 

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CULINARY HERBS  

Sow Indoors   

Sow Outdoors  

Transplant 

Basil 

Cilantro 

Marjoram  

 XXX 

Parsley  

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Rosemary 

Sage 

Savory, summer  

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Thyme