Planting Vegetables Before Shemitah

The seventh year (Shemittah)

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Question

I want to plant vegetable seedlings before Shemitah. The planting is for aesthetic purposes, and I do not intend to eat the vegetables. Until when am I allowed to plant the seedlings in the ground?

Answer

Planting vegetable seedlings and tender flowers [which are not considered trees] is permitted until sunset on the 27th of Elul.

Source

See Rambam (Shemitah, Chapter 3, Halacha 11) regarding trees — two weeks. For vegetables, rooting takes 3 days, therefore one should be stringent for 3 days; Azmera Leshimcha (Shemitah, Issue 1).

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