What to Plant in November in Zone 6: Garlic and Dormant Fruit
In USDA zone 6, November finishes the garlic window and favors dormant fruit planting. Protect overwintering greens and clear finished beds.
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What to Plant in November in Zone 6
In USDA zone 6, November is mainly for finishing garlic and planting dormant fruit while soil is still workable. Most vegetable seed windows are already closed. Protect established overwintering greens and clear diseased warm-season plants.
Typical first frost averages around October 20, so confirm your date with the first-frost lookup and the first frost guide. Use the zone 6 November calendar and what to plant now.
Plant Now
- Garlic: the catalog window runs about October 10 to November 20. Plant cloves point up in cool, workable soil and mulch after planting. Garlic plant page and garlic timing by zone.
- Fruit trees and berries: fall planting windows for apple, peach, pear, blueberry, cane berries, strawberry, and grapes continue into early or mid November on the catalog calendar. Plant dormant stock when soil is workable and water well. Apple tree, blueberry, and strawberry.
Protect and Clean Up
Established spinach and other hardy greens should already be growing. Cover them when hard freezes are forecast rather than restarting from seed. See protecting plants from early frost. Clear finished warm-season plants and leave empty beds for spring or a late cover crop only if local establishment still fits.
Usually Too Late From Seed
Broccoli, cabbage, kale, carrots, beets, lettuce, and radishes should already be established or harvested. Do not start long-season fall crops from seed in November in zone 6.
Next Steps
Finish garlic if the catalog window is still open, plant dormant fruit while soil works, and protect overwintering greens. Compare October zone 6 and November zone 7.