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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 159 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
159 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

No crops to start indoors in July for Zone 7B.

Plant Outside in July

No crops to plant outside in July for Zone 7B.

Harvest in July

Plant Type Planted / Sown Harvest Window
Abe Lincoln Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Ace 55 Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Acorn Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 1 – Jul 21
All Sweet Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 16
Amarillo Oro Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 11
Amish Paste Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 2 – Jul 13
Anaheim Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 5 – Jul 13
Ancho Grande Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Anise herb Apr 12 Jul 21 – Aug 10
Baby Blue Hubbard Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Banana Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 11
Beauregard Sweet Potato root vegetable Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 26
Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 13
Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Big Rainbow Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Birds Eye Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 28 – Aug 7
Bitter melons vegetable Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 18
Black Diamond Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11
Black Krim Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Bloody Butcher Corn vegetable Apr 19 Jul 28 – Aug 7
Bonny Best Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Bradley Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Brandywine Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Brilliant Celeriac root vegetable Apr 5 Jul 24 – Aug 3
Brussels Sprouts brassica Apr 19 Jul 13 – Aug 7
Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 11
Butternut Squash squash Apr 19 Jul 28 – Aug 17
Cal Sweet Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 11
California Wonder Peppers pepper Apr 26 Jul 7 – Jul 10
Calypso Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Cantaloupe melon Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Caribbean Red Scotch Bonnet Pepper pepper Apr 19 Jul 23 – Aug 17
Caribe Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Carolina Cross Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 16
Carolina Reaper peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Cayenne Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Cherokee Purple Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 6 – Jul 13
Cherry Bomb peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Chocolate Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Cinderella Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 31
Clasping Coneflower flower Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Classic Cumin herb Apr 12 Jul 21 – Aug 10
Classic Tomatillos vegetable Apr 12 Jul 1 – Jul 6
Congo Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 16
Corno di Toro Pepper pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Creole Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Dark Green Summer Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 1
Datil peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 7
Delica kabocha squash squash Apr 19 Jul 23 – Aug 7
Delicata Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 1 – Jul 21
Delicious Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Devils Tongue Yellow Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 7
Egg Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Emerald Giant Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Fall Rutabagas root vegetable Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Firecracker Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 8 – Aug 17
Florida Giant Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 6
Florida Market Eggplant vegetable Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Fresno Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 16
Golden Celery vegetable Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 16
Golden Hubbard Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Golden Sunray Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Green Flesh Honeydew Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Green Hubbard Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 31
Green Marrow Summer Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 6
Green Striped Cushaw Crookneck Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Green Zebra Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 6
Habanero Pepper pepper Apr 26 Jul 25 – Aug 24
Harris Model Parsnips root vegetable Apr 5 Jul 4
Heart of Gold Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Heirloom Red Kuri Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 21
Holiday Marbles Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 7
Homestead Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 13
Honey Rock Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Honeydew Melon melon Apr 19 Jul 28 – Aug 12
Imperial Star Artichoke vegetable Apr 5 Jul 4 – Jul 14
Jack Be Little Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Jack O'Lantern Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 31
Jacob's Cattle beans legume Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Jimmy Nardello Peppers pepper Apr 26 Jul 15 – Jul 25
Jubilee Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Jubilee Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 16
King of the Garden Pole Lima Bean legume Apr 15 Jul 12 – Jul 19
Leek vegetable Apr 5 Jul 14 – Aug 13
Lemon Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Long Island Cheese Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Long Purple Italian Eggplant vegetable Apr 19 Jul 3
Luffa gourds vegetable Apr 19 Jul 28 – Aug 17
Marion Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Money Maker Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Moon & Stars Red-Flesh Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 21
Moon & Stars Yellow-Flesh Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 21
Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 13
Mr. Stripey Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 23
NuMex Twilight Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Orange Flesh Honeydew Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Orange Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Orange Horizon Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Orange Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Orion Florence Fennel vegetable Apr 12 Jul 1 – Jul 11
Pandora Striped Eggplant vegetable Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Paris Yellow Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 21
Parsnip root vegetable Apr 12 Jul 21 – Aug 20
Pasilla de Oaxaca Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Pimento Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 18
Pineapple Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 23
Pink Banana Jumbo Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21 – Jul 31
Pink Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Pixie Delight Lupine Flowers flower Apr 5 Jul 4 – Jul 24
Planters Jumbo Cantaloupe Melon melon Apr 12 Jul 6
Ponderosa Red Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Potato onion clusters root vegetable Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Pretty Purple Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Purple Tiger Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Jul 28
Queensland Blue Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21 – Aug 10
Rainbow Corn vegetable Apr 12 Jul 26 – Aug 5
Red Burgundy Onions root vegetable Apr 5 Jul 24 – Aug 3
Red Caribbean Habanero Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 13 – Aug 2
Red Cayenne Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Red Cherry Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Red Mushroom Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Red Pontiac Potato root vegetable Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 31
Rio Grande Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Roma VF Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Romanesco brassica Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 28
Round Mauve Eggplant vegetable Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
San Marzano Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 6 – Jul 16
Santa Fe Grande Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Shallot vegetable Apr 5 Jul 4 – Aug 3
Silver Queen Sweet Corn vegetable Apr 5 Jul 4 – Jul 6
Spaghetti Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 9 – Jul 21
Spanish Sweet White Onions root vegetable Apr 5 Jul 24 – Aug 3
Sugar Baby Watermelon melon Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Sugar Pie Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 31
Sunbright Yellow Sweet Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Sunray Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Sunshine Kabocha Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 16 – Jul 21
Tabasco Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Tall Utah 52-70 Celery vegetable Apr 5 Jul 14 – Aug 13
Tendercrisp Celery vegetable Apr 12 Jul 6 – Jul 21
Tendersweet Orange Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 11 – Jul 16
Thai Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Thessaloniki Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 8
Tom Watson Watermelon melon Apr 12 Jul 6
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 8 – Aug 17
Turkish Orange Eggplant vegetable Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 18
VR Moscow Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 8 – Jul 18
Waltham 29 Broccoli brassica Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 18
Wee Be Little Pumpkin squash Apr 12 Jul 6
White Cushaw Crookneck Winter Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 21
White Marrow Summer Squash squash Apr 12 Jul 6
Yellow Beefsteak Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Yellow Jalapeno (Caloro) Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Yellow Mushroom Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 3 – Jul 13
Yellow Oxheart Tomatoes tomato Apr 19 Jul 13 – Jul 18
Yellow Scotch Bonnet Hot Peppers pepper Apr 19 Jul 18 – Aug 17
Yukon Gold Potato root vegetable Apr 12 Jul 1 – Jul 21

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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