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Zone 7B — July

What to Plant in July in Zone 7B

July in Zone 7B: 0 crops to start indoors, 0 to plant or direct sow outside, and 186 entering harvest window. Last frost averages April 7. Reference city: Charlotte, NC.
Updated May 13, 2026 · Frost data from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
0 Start Indoors
0 Plant Outside
186 Harvest
Frost risk: Cleared

Frost season has cleared in Zone 7B. The last spring frost typically passed by April 7, and the very latest 10% chance closed by April 23. Tender crops are safe to plant out.

See full Zone 7B frost outlook →

Start Indoors in July

Nothing to start seeds indoors in July for Zone 7B.
Next window: October — 1 variety, including Garlic.

Plant Outside in July

Nothing to plant or sow outside in July for Zone 7B.
Next window: August — 188 varieties, including Alaska Early Pea (fall planting), All Season Cabbage (fall planting), All Year Round Cauliflower (fall planting).

Harvest in July

Plant Type Planted / Sown Harvest Window
Danish Ballhead Cabbage brassica Mar 24 Jul 2 – Jul 12
Giant Imperial Mix Larkspur Flowers flower Mar 24 Jul 2 – Jul 22
Giant Musselburgh Leeks allium Mar 24 Jul 2 – Jul 7
Abe Lincoln Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Ace 55 Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Acorn Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 23
Adirondack Blue Potato root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 10
Aji Amarillo Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Aji Dulce Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 9
All Sweet Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 18
Amarillo Oro Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 13
Amish Paste Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 4 – Jul 15
Anaheim Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 7 – Jul 15
Ancho Grande Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Anise herb Apr 14 Jul 23 – Aug 12
Arroyo Lupine Flowers flower Apr 7 Jul 1 – Jul 21
Aunt Ruby's German Green Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10
Baby Blue Hubbard Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Banana Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 13
Beauregard Sweet Potato root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 28
Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 15
Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Big Bertha Peppers pepper Apr 28 Jul 7 – Jul 10
Big Boy Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 8
Big Rainbow Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 25
Birds Eye Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 30 – Aug 9
Bitter melons vegetable Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 20
Black Diamond Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13
Black From Tula Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15
Black Krim Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Blondkopfchen Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Bloody Butcher Corn vegetable Apr 21 Jul 30 – Aug 9
Bonny Best Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Bradley Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Brandywine Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Brilliant Celeriac root vegetable Apr 7 Jul 26 – Aug 5
Brussels Sprouts brassica Apr 21 Jul 15 – Aug 9
Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 13
Butternut Squash squash Apr 21 Jul 30 – Aug 19
Cal Sweet Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 13
California Wonder Peppers pepper Apr 28 Jul 9 – Jul 12
Calypso Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Cantaloupe melon Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Caribbean Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper pepper Apr 21 Jul 25 – Aug 19
Caribe Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Carolina Cross Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 18
Carolina Reaper peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Cayenne Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 25
Cherokee Purple Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 8 – Jul 15
Cherry Bomb peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Chinese 5-Color Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Chocolate Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Aug 4
Chocolate Stripes Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10
Christmas Lima Bean legume Apr 14 Jul 7 – Jul 13
Clasping Coneflower flower Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Classic Cumin herb Apr 14 Jul 23 – Aug 12
Classic Tomatillos vegetable Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Congo Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 18
Corno di Toro Pepper pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Creole Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Dark Green Summer Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 3
Datil peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 9
Delica kabocha squash squash Apr 21 Jul 25 – Aug 9
Delicata Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 23
Delicious Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Devils Tongue Yellow Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 9
Egg Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Emerald Giant Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Fall Rutabagas root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Firecracker Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 10 – Aug 19
Florida Giant Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 8
Florida Market Eggplant vegetable Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
French Fingerling Potato root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 16
Fresno Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 18
German Johnson Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15
Gochugaru Korean Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5
Golden Celery vegetable Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Golden Hubbard Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Golden Sunray Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Green Flesh Honeydew Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Green Marrow Summer Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 8
Green Striped Cushaw Crookneck Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Green Zebra Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 8
Habanero Pepper pepper Apr 28 Jul 27 – Aug 26
Harris Model Parsnips root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 13
Heart of Gold Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Heirloom Red Kuri Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Hillbilly Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15
Holiday Marbles Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 9
Homestead Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 15
Honey Rock Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Honeydew Melon melon Apr 21 Jul 30 – Aug 14
Imperial Star Artichoke vegetable Apr 7 Jul 6 – Jul 16
Indigo Rose Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 20
Jack Be Little Pumpkin squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin squash Apr 14 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Jacob's Cattle beans legume Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Jaune Flamme Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10
Jimmy Nardello Peppers pepper Apr 28 Jul 17 – Jul 27
Jubilee Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Jubilee Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 18
King of the Garden Pole Lima Bean legume Apr 14 Jul 11 – Jul 18
Leek vegetable Apr 7 Jul 16 – Aug 15
Lemon Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Aug 4
Long Island Cheese Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Long Purple Italian Eggplant vegetable Apr 21 Jul 5
Luffa gourds vegetable Apr 21 Jul 30 – Aug 19
Marion Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Money Maker Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Moon & Stars Red-Flesh Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Moon & Stars Yellow-Flesh Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 15
Mountain Magic Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 2 – Jul 5
Mr. Stripey Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 25
Napoletano Basil herb Apr 21 Jul 5
NuMex Twilight Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Orange Flesh Honeydew Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Orange Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Aug 4
Orange Horizon Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Orange Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Orion Florence Fennel vegetable Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Painted Mountain Flour Corn vegetable Apr 7 Jul 1
Pandora Striped Eggplant vegetable Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Paris Yellow Pumpkin squash Apr 14 Jul 23
Parsnip root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 23 – Aug 22
Pasilla de Oaxaca Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Pimento Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 20
Pineapple Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 25
Pink Banana Jumbo Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23 – Aug 2
Pink Delicious Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 14
Pink Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Pixie Delight Lupine Flowers flower Apr 7 Jul 6 – Jul 26
Planters Jumbo Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 14 Jul 8
Ponderosa Red Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Popcorn vegetable Apr 7 Jul 1 – Aug 5
Potato onion clusters root vegetable Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Pretty Purple Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Purple Tiger Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Jul 30
Queen Anne's Lace Flowers flower Apr 7 Jul 1 – Jul 16
Queensland Blue Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23 – Aug 12
Rainbow Corn vegetable Apr 14 Jul 28 – Aug 7
Red Burgundy Onions root vegetable Apr 7 Jul 26 – Aug 5
Red Caribbean Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 15 – Aug 4
Red Cayenne Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Red Cherry Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Red Mushroom Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Red Pontiac Potato root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Red Rubin Basil herb Apr 21 Jul 2
Rio Grande Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Roma VF Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Romanesco brassica Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 30
Round Mauve Eggplant vegetable Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
San Marzano Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Santa Fe Grande Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Shallot vegetable Apr 7 Jul 6 – Aug 5
Silver Queen Sweet Corn vegetable Apr 7 Jul 6 – Jul 8
Spaghetti Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 11 – Jul 23
Spanish Sweet White Onions root vegetable Apr 7 Jul 26 – Aug 5
Sugar Baby Watermelon melon Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Sugar Pie Pumpkin squash Apr 14 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Sunbright Yellow Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Sunray Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Sunshine Kabocha Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 18 – Jul 23
Tabasco Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Tall Utah 52-70 Celery vegetable Apr 7 Jul 16 – Aug 15
Tendercrisp Celery vegetable Apr 14 Jul 8 – Jul 23
Tendersweet Orange Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 13 – Jul 18
Thai Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Thessaloniki Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 10
Tiger Eye Bean legume Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Tom Watson Watermelon melon Apr 14 Jul 8
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 10 – Aug 19
Turkish Orange Eggplant vegetable Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 20
VR Moscow Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 10 – Jul 20
Waltham 29 Broccoli brassica Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 20
Wee Be Little Pumpkin squash Apr 14 Jul 8
White Cushaw Crookneck Winter Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 23
White Marrow Summer Squash squash Apr 14 Jul 8
Yellow Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Yellow Jalapeno (Caloro) Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Yellow Mushroom Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 5 – Jul 15
Yellow Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 21 Jul 15 – Jul 20
Yellow Scotch Bonnet Hot Peppers pepper Apr 21 Jul 20 – Aug 19
Yukon Gold Potato root vegetable Apr 14 Jul 3 – Jul 23

Key Tasks for July in Zone 7B

  1. 1 Apply 2–3 inches of mulch around heat-sensitive crops to retain moisture and keep root zones cooler. Water deeply and less frequently rather than shallow daily watering.
  2. 2 Check soil moisture before watering — stick a finger 2 inches into the soil. Water only when the soil is dry at that depth. Consistent moisture is more important than frequency.
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