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Planting Dates for Warm
Season Vegetables
from Seed
| Crop |
Suggested 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Sources:
Florida Home Grown;
Florida Gardening Month by Month;
Florida Vegetables;
Vegetable Gardening in Florida
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