In August in the Northern hemisphere, it’s the middle of summer and harvest is coming on strong, and yet first frost lurks around the corner. So it’s time for an August gardening jobs and tips list to help you keep up with this busy summer month.

August Gardening by Zone

NOTE: We’re just getting started in creating this list and will be adding to it after hearing from our community their August gardening tips. We’d love to add yours, you can send that here.

3 – August Gardening Jobs in Zone 3

• Harvest time! If you’re saving seeds, save only healthy ones, and make sure they have thoroughly dried. Clearly label seed storage containers.
• Pick zucchini when fruit are 4 to 8 inches long—you’ll get twice as many.
• Spray water on the top and undersides of zucchini foliage, early in the mornings, to control spider mites and aphids.
• After mid-month, pinch off any new tomato flowers to direct energy to ripening fruit.
• Slowly reduce watering of perennials, trees, and shrubs to allow them to harden-off for the winter.
• Be prepared to protect plants from early frost.
• At month’s end, take cuttings of geraniums, fuchsias, and begonias. Root them in damp perlite.

7 – August Gardening Jobs in Zone 7

• Transplanting root crops
• Plant seed beds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Most favorable days for planting:
  • beets
  • onions
  • turnips
  • other root crops
• Kill weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests
• Sow grains such as winter cover crops
• Plant seedbeds: peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other above-ground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables.
• Cut winter wood, clear and plow
• Time to plant above-ground crops.
• Excellent for any vine crops such as beans, peas, and cucumbers.
• Good days for transplanting and planting root crops.

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