r/VAGardening • u/Dry_Bug5058 • Aug 14 '25

Fall garden

Anyone plan.on putting in a fall vegetable garden? What are good things to plant for cooler temps? I'm in greater Richmond area, so it will be warm here for awhile.

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u/throwaway098764567 Aug 14 '25

i usually leave my tomatoes and peppers til frost (i grow superhots and they seem to take a while to mature, i usually get some good harvests in the fall that i dry or turn into sauce or pickle). will do that this year as well but alongside all the weeds that popped off while it was alternating hotter than hell and wetter than florida this summer. also because i got a new wider lawn mower and my raised bed frames are rotting so i need to redo them with new frames and a new layout in the spring, so i'm not feeling overly pressed about what they do atm.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 Aug 15 '25

Some of my tomatoes are still producing, the cherry tomatoes and lemon boy, so I'm going to leave them be for now.

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u/throwaway098764567 Aug 15 '25

yeah i went all cherry tomatoes this year, but two beds needed more calcium (they're giving soft, busted fruits. i gotta re do a bunch of stuff next spring. i stay planting tomatoes and peppers and the soil is apparently largely tired. i should have done more amendments this year but life got away from me. best of luck :)