Planting Guide · June 2025 · 5 min read
Succession planting keeps your harvest flowing from early summer through fall frost, preventing the boom-and-bust cycle of a single planting date. With the right timing and variety selection, you can harvest every week.
Plant quick-maturing crops like lettuce, radishes, and bush beans every two to three weeks for a continuous supply. Slower crops like broccoli and cabbage need a single well-timed succession 4–6 weeks after the first planting. Mark your calendar with planting dates for the entire season so nothing falls through the cracks during the busy summer months.
Beans, cucumbers, summer squash, and salad greens are ideal succession crops because they mature quickly and decline in quality after a few weeks of harvest. Sweet corn planted in three staggered sowings 10–14 days apart provides a multi-week picking window. Root crops like beets and carrots can also be succession-planted every three weeks for tender baby harvests.
Midsummer sowings require varieties bred for heat tolerance and bolt resistance. Choose lettuce varieties like Muir or Concept that resist bolting above 80°F. Cilantro varieties like Calypso are slow-bolting compared to standard types. For beans and cucumbers, heat-set varieties maintain pollination and fruit quality even when daytime temperatures exceed 90°F.
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