Vegetables
for Florida Gardens
| Crop |
Some Varieties |
Planting Dates North |
Planting Dates Central |
Planting Dates South |
| Beans, Snap
Shell
|
Bush Blue Lake,
Contender, Roma, Harvester, Provider, Cherokee Wax
Horticultural, Pinto |
Mar-Apr
Aug-Sep
|
Feb-Apr
Sep
|
Sep-Apr |
| Beans, pole |
Dade, McCaslan,
Kentucky Wonder 191, Blue Lake |
Mar-Apr
Aug-Sep
|
Feb-Apr
Aug-Sep
|
Aug-Apr |
| Beans, lima |
Fordhook 242,
Henderson, Jackson Wonder, Dixie Butterpea, Florida Butter (pole),
Sieva (pole) |
Mar-Aug |
Feb-Apr
Sep
|
Aug-Apr |
| Cantaloupes |
Smith's Perfect,
Ambrosia, Edisto 47, Planters Jumbo, Summet, Super Market |
Mar-Apr |
Feb-Apr |
Aug-Sep
Feb-Mar
|
| Corn, sweet |
Silver Queen,
Gold Cup, Guardian, Bonanza, Florida Staysweet, How Sweet It Is |
Mar-Apr
Aug
|
Feb-Mar
Aug-Sep
|
Aug-Mar |
| Cucumbers,
slicers
Picklers
|
Poinsett,
Ashley, Sprint, Sweet Success, Pot Luck, Galaxy, SMR 18, Explorer |
Feb-Apr
Aug-Sep
|
Feb-Mar
Sep
|
Sep-Mar |
| Eggplant |
Florida Market,
Black Beauty, Dusky, Long Tom, Ichiban, Tycoon |
Feb-Jul |
Jan-Mar
Aug-Sep
|
Dec-Feb
Aug-Oct
|
| Okra |
Clemson
Spineless, Perkins, Dwarf Green, Emerald, Blondy |
Mar-Jul |
Mar-Aug |
Feb-May
Aug-Sep
|
| Peas, southern |
Blackeye,
Mississippi Silver, Texas Cream 40, Snapea, Zipper Cream, Sadandy,
Purplehull |
Mar-Aug |
Mar-Sep |
Aug-Apr |
| Peppers, sweet
Hot
|
Early Calwonder,
Yolo Wonder, Big Bertha, Sweet Banana, Cubanelle, Hungarian Wax,
Jalapeno |
Feb-Apr
Jul-Aug
|
Jan-Mar
Aug-Sep
|
Aug-Mar |
| Potatoes, sweet |
Porto Rico,
Georgia Red, Jewel, Centennial, Coastal Sweet, Boniato, Sumor |
Mar-Jun |
Feb-Jun |
Feb-Jun |
| Pumpkin |
Big Max, Funny
Face, Connecticut Field, Spirit, Calabaza, Cushaw |
Mar-Apr
Aug
|
Feb-Mar
Aug
|
Jan-Feb
Aug-Sep
|
| Squash, summer
Winter
|
Early Prolific
Straightneck, Dixie, Summer Crookneck, Cocozelle, Gold Bar, Zucchini,
Peter Pan, Scallopini, Sunburst, Sundrops, Sweet Mama, Table Queen,
Butternut, Spaghetti |
Mar-Apr
Aug-Sep
Mar
|
Feb-Mar
Aug-Sep
Feb-Mar
|
Jan-Mar
Sep-Oct
Jan-Feb
|
| Tomatoes, stake
Ground
Container
|
Floradel, Solar
Set, Manalucie, Better Boy, Chelsea, Walter, Sun Coast, Floramerica,
Flora-Dade, Duke, Florida Basket, Florida Petite, Micro Tom, Patio,
Cherry, Sweet 100 |
Feb-Apr
Aug
|
Jan-Mar
Sep
|
Aug-Mar |
| Watermelon, large
Small
Seedless
|
Charleston Gray,
Jubilee, Crimson, Sweet, Dixielee, Sugar Baby, Minilee, Mickeylee, Fummy |
Mar-Apr
Jul-Aug
|
Jan-Mar
Aug
|
Jan-Mar
Aug-Sep
|
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