I live in the panhandle of North Florida, and I don't know what to plant. I have considered corn, spinach, okra, cucumbers, and tomatoes. I am aveusely a first timer so what do you think I should plant?
2007-07-06 15:26:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
What do you like to eat? How much room do you have? Are garden centres in your area still selling the plants?
Spinach needs cooler temps to grow, so may not be a good time to plant it now, may need to try in the fall. It may be too late to start the other vegetables. At a local garden centre ask whether there is enough growing season left for long season plants like corn, tomatoes and okra. Also corn takes a lot of space for not much yield.
See the link below for advice about vegetable gardens in Florida including planting dates.
2007-07-06 18:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Judy B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a little late for tomatoes, corn or cucumbers, but if you wait until it's almost Fall, you could plant late crops of leaf lettuce, spinach & chard. They're all quick growers that do well in cooler weather and can be double cropped with one planting in the Spring and another in the Fall. You might try sugar peas as they're another cool weather vegetable, but I'm not sure how long your growing season is (other than it's got to be longer than here in Michigan where we can have frosts in June & September!) All those crops start with seed and most garden stores have already discounted this year's packets so you can try planting without investing a lot of $$.
2007-07-06 23:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by Jane D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too late to plant anything now. But you can get your garden ready for next spring. Some of the most common veggies to plant are Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Spinach, lettuce, radish, bell peppers, and squash. You can pretty much plant what ever you like. Just take a look at the seeds and plants offered in you area and you will be sure to get plants suitable for your area.
Good luck
It is too late for anything to produce before Autumn even watermelon. I had to pull up two because the vines weren't growing and there was no way it would produce fruit in time for harvest. The only veggies that may provide a harvest are cool weather plants like lettuce and sugar snap peas which you will need to start in late August or early September. Other than that there just isn't enough time. Most plants will not produce in extreme heat anyway because temperature, especially night time temps are very important to growth and production.
2007-07-06 22:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I live in California, south of SF, which may be akin to your climate. I used to plant broccoli and cauliflower in autumn but they were tiny at harvest. We have to start them now, which may apply for you, too.
It's too late for starting from seed, but you might have success with larger nursery plants. I just put in a cuke and cherry tomato.
I belong to a Yahoo! group of CA gardeners which has been really helpful. Maybe you'll find mentoring here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pensacolagardengroup/
2007-07-08 01:44:11 · answer #4 · answered by moriaaunt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find out what zone you are then look though a gardening mag and match up those things that work best in your zone... :-)
2007-07-06 22:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by Forever Happier 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
watermelon my girlfriend said matt
2007-07-06 22:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
your best bet would probably be weed.
2007-07-06 22:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by itssoeasy 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋