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Back-to-School Planting Suggestions: Vegetable Groups

by Shane Teachworth
August 15, 2025

Intro Recently on IFAS blogs, I posted about leafy greens which fit well in fall gardening; this entry is a continuation of that idea, touching on other cool weather vegetables. The start of the fall semester marks a dramatic cold turn in the ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Cool Weather Crops, Garlic, Kale, Onions, Parsley, Shallots

It is not too early to think about fall color – success with flowering kale and cabbage

by Ralph Mitchell
August 11, 2025

It may seem really early to be thinking about the fall flower garden and bedding plants, but once you are in the middle of that season, it is often too late to act. Planning ahead, please consider growing one really tough and ornamental ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Cabbage, Flowering Cabbage, Kale, Ornamental

Succession Planting in the Vegetable Garden

by Tia Silvasy
March 10, 2025

Succession planting is a gardening technique to maximize production with space and time. This can be used with the same crop to extend the harvest or the same or with different crops suchas planting green beans on two week intervals, or replacing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cabbage, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Green Beans, Hillsborough, Smart Gardening Techniques, Succession, Tampa, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening

Fall Vegetable Gardening – What to Plant When in Central Florida

by Tia Silvasy
November 2, 2024

The weather has finally cooled enough to start the fall vegetable garden. Here are our UF/IFAS recommendations of what to plant when. Getting Ready Starting in September, start preparing your vegetable garden by removing weeds and amending ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beets, Cabbage, Carrots, Central Florida, Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruit And Vegetable, Green Beans, Tsilvasy, Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Gardening, Video, Videos, YouTube

Why cabbage?

by Paul Schumaker
September 13, 2024

Why would I encourage you to grow cabbage in your backyard garden when it is one of the most affordable green vegetables you could pick up at the grocery store? Well, cabbage is perhaps the easiest fall vegetable to grow in our area. ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes,
Tags: Cabbage, Florida Vegetable Gardening, Garden, Vegetable Gardening

Crazy for cabbage? A cruciferous vegetable and its versatility

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February 9, 2023

Are you crazy for cabbage? I sure am. My grocery cart usually contains some variety of this incredible cruciferous vegetable. Cabbage is one of those vegetables available all year long, with abundant varieties available in our local stores. ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Brassica, Cabbage, Cruciferous, Pgm_FCS

How do Hard Freezes Affect Local Crops?

by Wendy Mussoline
March 14, 2022

The winter weather arrived a bit late in Putnam County, but it is certainly making up for lost time. A “freeze” occurs when temperatures drop below 32ºF, but a “hard freeze” is when temperatures dip down below 28ºF for at least a ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Blueberry, Cabbage, Freeze Protection, Hard Freeze, Ice, Potato

An Assortment of Variety Trials in the Ground

by Wendy Mussoline
October 6, 2020

After a hot and very wet summer, there was a brief snap of coolness in the air...enough to signal to our farmers that it’s time to plant cole crops. “Cole” is derived from the Latin word “caulis” that means stalk or stem. Brassica ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Alternative Crops, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Hastings, Lettuce, Sweet Corn, Variety Trials

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