Your New Garden Calendar
Florida is a wonderful place for growing vegetables throughout the winter. This is what makes us special compared to other states. But before you go planting anything, you will want to make sure you are planting the right vegetables for the season.
The new year has great weather for some of the cold-loving veggies you can grow. You can use the info graphic below to guide you in planting this season.
I often use these info graphics to plan my gardening during the season. I use the center column because I reside in central Florida, but if you are reading this blog from a southern or northern county, use your respective column. The column is broken into three sections: easy to transplant, transplant carefully, and use seeds.
How do these calendars work?
The first two columns include plants that prefer to be transplanted. This means that they grow well when they are grown as a seedling in a protected space and then placed into the garden when they’re sprouted. However, this does not mean that you aren’t allowed to put the seeds directly into the garden, you just may find that the seedlings perform better in seedling trays.
The third category contains types of veggies that want their seeds to be put directly into the dirt. Please don’t forget to use good quality seeds that have been stored well (in a cool, dry, and dark place). Also, avoid planting seeds too deep, you can use our Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide planting tables to figure out correct seed depth.
Final Thoughts
A gardener should be thinking ahead of the season to come, especially if they’re starting seeds indoors. A great way to do this is to look at the upcoming growing calendars and calculating when to start your seeds for transplants. Between 4 – 8 weeks is often a good window to begin seeding before placing transplants in the ground.
Take a look at the website below to find the upcoming vegetables to grow!
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