Seasons in north and central Florida: Spring, First Dry Summer, Wet Summer, Second Dry Summer. "Soil": consists of 99% fine white beach sand, 1% root knot nematodes.

I really enjoyed your video! I'm 73, been gardening outside Gainesville for about 40 years, and before that in the heavy red clay near Athens Georgia, so I know a bit about extremes. Up there I was able to grow Brussels sprouts right through hard freezes, but had a horrible time with anything that wanted lime or excellent drainage. I have turned clay you probably could have used for pottery into rich friable soil by basically bombing it with the grass clippings from my parents' (unsprayed) lawn in 3 months. Down here I had instant culture shock. Organic matter be damned; I watched 1" and bigger chunks of oak wood disappear from a raised bed in a single growing season, oxidized into dust. Many years later, I'm still learning. I notice there were a few vegetables you didn't mention that I've had great luck with here. First is the so-called "yard-long-bean", a relative of our popular Southern pea. They are trained on trellises and take up relatively little ground for the amount of food produced. Most if not all of the many varieties originate from southern China and Southeast Asia, so they are no strangers to humidity or insect pressure, and they will produce right through the heat of summer, when other green vegetables really suffer. Another is Allium fistulosum, called "Welsh onion" for some unknown reason (since they do not come from Wales or even Europe). Where the common bulb-forming onions of the deep south are winter crops here and usually don't keep well long after harvest, some varieties of A. fistulosun are true perennials in our climate and can be harvested all year at any time of year for flavoring soups, salads and stir-fries. Most varieties are typical of grocery store green onions, but there are varieties that stay much thinner and one (Shimonita negi) that grows to almost leek-size. Two of my favorites, Nebuka and Heshiko, can be used to form more-or-less permanent beds. Both will spread slowly by sending up new shoots from the bases of the old, and can be harvested any time they're not flowering or making seed. I've had a patch in a "self-watering" planter that has been left on a concrete pad in the sun for going on 10 years, that I only occasionally care for by replacing broken-down organic media and adding a little fertilizer containing nitrogen. I harvest using a sharp blade to cut between the bases of the stalks, always leaving the remaining ones as undisturbed as I can, and the gaps are quickly filled in. I have to add, I purchase both yard-long-bean and bunching onion seeds from Kitazawa. They are a Japanese company and they are very knowledgeable about vegetables originating from East and southeast Asia, which shares a LOT of climate similarities to our own East Coast, from frigid north to subtropical south. Their web page is worth the time to browse just for the information they offer. I'm just a customer, not paid by them, but I enjoy sharing things that have brought me success.

This exact video was the catalyst for me to actually understand the true gardening seasons here in Florida. I was still thinking "midwest" type gardening techniques before seeing this. It finally makes sense! Thank you for featuring Josh and his revelational info!

I’ve been gardening in Florida’s Great Northwest, aka The Panhandle, for 50 years. The best growing season for me is fall, winter and very early spring. In terms of direct seeding or starts, I write off summer, from June to August. While there are things that will germinate and grow, the heat, humidity and pests, cause disease and fruit does not set. This is my time to renourish my beds and work on my compost. I start my tomatoes and peppers in January and try to have them in the ground by February. There is a chance of frost until about March but generally that doesn’t happen. By mid-June, I’ve gotten all the tomatoes I’m going to get, and the tomato plants are succumbing to disease. The peppers quit setting fruit until the weather cools, but then will have a nice second harvest. Toward the end of August, I start my winter vegetables - brassicas, lettuce, peas, etc. Our first freeze usually isn’t until December and by then, I’m harvesting my fall crops. Most of my brassicas will go right through a freeze with no problem. In December after the first freeze, I plant garlic bulbs. Putting them in the ground before that just doesn’t work. Up until December, we have days in 60s and occasionally 70s, which is too warm for garlic, but everything else loves it.

I have been here in central Florida all my life 5th generation native been growing things since I was 11 years old 70years now we have not had a real rainy season for a while now it's more like growing in a desert. Hoping to get some rain next week it's a pain to keep up with watering but I am glad I have been using earth boxs but I'm getting ready to put some stuff in the ground and praying for rain

I'm in west Pasco about a mile from the Gulf and this winter I kept my tomatoes, peppers and eggplants growing only wrapping them during two really cold nights. Suffered some leaf loss on the peppers but they have come back nicely.

Great info. I'm a first time gardener and newer to Central Florida. I'm not allowed to plant in ground around my home so I am using 5 gallon buckets. I look forward to more videos.

Dude! This video is super helpful! Man I wish I would’ve found this earlier but I guess I had to learn some lessons along the way. I live in Pensacola and my garden is full sun all day so I’ve had to come up with creative ways to have some shade during the summer. So I plant okra in the summer and underneath them have other type of crops which could use the shade. I don’t believe in ever having bare soil but it’s really a challenge to do that here in Florida and I’m so glad I found your video and your channel! Subscribed and following!

After moving here 12 yrs ago I've over wintered a pepper plant for 2 yrs

I grow sweet potatoes year round in 9a. We eat the leaves more than the potatoes. We steam them or use them in soups.

I’m in the outskirts of Orlando and now getting into gardening as a hobby. I didn’t really look into what’s cold weather or warm weather plants, unfortunately, I planted mostly cold weather vegetables 😂 I decided to plant all the vegetables I like, which are things like carrots, broccoli, mustards and lettuce amongst other things lol wish me luck!

I live in homestead Fla, way south. I have cucumber,tomato, Potato, bell peppers, cucumber, squash green/yellow garlic, onion and I started in March!

Yes!!! This is exactlyyyyy what I’ve been looking for! It’s so crazy how Florida is so big and the climate changes soo much from the north to the south. Living in zone 9b, central florida, is a sweet spot where you can plant a little bit of both things that grow north and south. But it’s a double edged sword cause sometimes they don’t do as well as they would in the other zones. Either way, this video was super comprehensive and i’ll definitely be adding some of the things you mentioned to my garden this season! Keep up the great work!

I use to live in FL when I had my garden, was right next to an air strip. I know that sound of the prop plain so well.

Here near daytona we had only three days of good rain in may and so far in June. Rain just kills us here. 1-3 inches one day then nothing for weks

Wow . Thank you for sharing your ideas and concept about gardening it helps me a lot❣️

Thank you Josh. I have my farm in Frostproof and this information is very useful.

UCF has a great site for central Florida veggie growing

It’s So cool - I’m in Central Florida. I just so happened to type in Florida Gardner‘s, and I’m glad I did 👏🏼👏🏼 #new #subscriber #here !!! I look forward to learning new things / better ways of gardenIng 😊

You did a great job with giving us a lot of information very clearly. Thanks so much! I really enjoyed your teaching.

Thank you for your informative video! I appreciate the knowledge!

This was such an informative video, I live in Pasco county and have all my kales and kohlrabi, lettuces planted some everglades tomatoes and lots of herbs, I also just cut back my Moringa trees and harvested the leaves to ground up for my moringa powder, look forward to more of your videos🌱🌱

am from central florida (pasco county) and am trying to try my hand at gardening. Built a 2 level planter box a couple years back so I want to actually use it this time

for your critters i use moth balls - seems to repel groung hogs and moles here, rats and roaches too with moth balls

I stink at gardening here in Florida. I keep trying though. Did not get one in this year. So sub to your channel. I live in Auburndale. Thank you for posting.

Thank you for all the useful info.

Hey bro, im also in Orange County, I am obsessed with plants and soil science, would love to come see your operation! Thanks for the tip on the orange county planting guide, I needed that!

Moved to Port Charlotte from Colorado in August and immediately started tearing out the backyard lawn to get a garden and fruit trees going as well as planting bee and butterfly friendly flowers and shrubs.. Certainly learning about the heat and humidity as well as sterile sandy soil. Anyway, finally, the humidity and heat temps have reached a point where tomatoes, peppers, cukes, beans and zukes are starting to take off. I even have sweet potatoes going. How about melons for summer?

A portion of that Central Florida coastline (on both the west and east coast of Florida)that you have in the yellow , should really be in the pink. I mean I'm in St. Petersburg Fl. and we're zone 10a, which is a zone above places such as Fort Myers . During cold fronts, we're a degree or three above even Naples, and often times only a couple degrees or three lower than much of Miami.

Looks great from here,,im a florida gardener 35 years right down the road West Pasco,,it is a very hard hobby though heat can and will KILL U DEAD,,gotta be the HOTTEST place on earth easy with humidity we have huh?

My green onions and peppers (green, jalapeños, Serranos etc) have been growing like gangbusters this summer. Tomatoes and squash not so much. Just starting to garden in this region, a lot to learn.

Watching from Columbia county and found this to be very useful. Thank you!

Do you have a video showing how you clear out the sweet potato vines and what your process is for preparing that bed for the next planting?

Your information is amazing! I am definitely going to be a new subscriber today.

Would be interested to hear the thoughts on peanut growing in place of/or alongside the sweet potatoes. Coastal zone 8 south corner of nc and I frequently use Peanuts for nitrogen and cover when traditional vegetables slow down in June. Usually plant the Peanuts densely in may beside Tom's, cucs, squash and just cut back the veg plants when they slow down and let the Peanuts take over and grow til september-october.

Excellent. Well thought out.

How did i just find you!! Im in Altamonte springs doing my veggies garden agin after 3 year break. I want to plant it all now lol. Got to learn again

I’m in Hernando County west

Columbia county here 8b trying to find what works best in North Central thank you Jackie

Great stuff!

How can I reach you? Florida resident watching this upcoming food crisis

Thanks for the video

I'm in Vero beach, Indian River County

Thanks for info

I'm in Pasco County, someone here told me when they say full sun for tomatoes, they don't mean Florida sun, lol. First time gardener. Having success with cherry tomatoes. Cucumbers were doing fantastic until pickle worms took them out. What do you use for sweet potatoes? Does anyone know where to get slips locally?

Awesome!

Such a wonderful resource, thanks!

Hello and beautiful day to you. Your video is mighty helpful and I thank you so much for your wisdom. I myself has decided to begin growing carrots, cucumber, radish, basil and thyme here in Land O Lakes FL and was wondering what should I be concerned about regarding critters/squirrels any type of danger toward the growing carrots and other harvesting veggies. I really appreciate it.

Can you sweet grow sweet potato with turmeric ginger and Jerusalem artichoke?

Do you have a video on construction of the raised beds?

My first garden here in Citrus cnty brought us great mustards before the freeze. Looking for edibles going forward

I never know when to plant cold weather crops in zone 9b. It’s a tough zone. I think I’m going to plant august 15th from seed.

Nice show.

Great video

Please do a video about bugs and sun burned plants?I tried last year to plant about in March and their were so many bugs attacking at the end I had hundreds of caterpillars that ate my tomatoes plant and all. No matter if I picked them off more came. I thought about planting in a greenhouse but wondering if to hot? I used so many natural ways but nothing killed any of the bugs.

What do you plant January through March? Florida 9b. Tampa. I have cabbage, kale, carrots, beets and collards in the ground already 🧐

Thank you for the great information. What are your beds mad out of?

What kind of watermelons grow in Florida?

What do Florida gardeners do to kill fall armyworms in the veg garden?

Have you looked into Jadam natural pesticide for those sweet potato pest?

Love how you teach, amazing video. Thanks

Do you have squirrels where you live? If so, how do you keep them out of the garden?

what about corn during the summer or soybeans?

Dude ..nutsedge is a delicious edible ..why aren't you harvesting that

There’s a sweet potato grown in South America/Caribbean that is a lot more delicious than regular sweet potato. The orange sweet potato to me is bland.

Just a question. I read up that sweet potatoes grow as an perennial in parts of Florida I live in Sarasota. If grown all year around will matured potatoes rot if not harvested?

when should I plant sweet potato in south florida?

Question: I live in Deland. I live real close to the St John’s River. What if I occasionally use some river water? Instead of constantly watering with Public bleach infested water.

sup TJ and Shelby

Have you tried peanuts as a cover/food crop

PLEASE!!! WHAT CAN USETO STOP LITTLE FLIES AROUND THE LEAVES AND SOIL..??

What else can you grow instead of sweet potatoes during the summer if you still want to garden other veggies?

What and where do you buy your mulch?

any chance I can grow Quinoa in 9b?

Do you use fertilizer?

I live in Tampa and I grow 2 kinds of asparagus, all kinds of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, and flowers all year round. My Lillie’s have been doing so good. Love your videos.

Excellent

Where are you, or what is the name of your farm?

Where can I get everglades tomato seeds? Yard long beans?

Kiwi 🥝???

Old Farmer's Almanac

Do you have a problem with rodents or other animals getting in your seat potatoes. I live in Sw Florida ine rural area.

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Do vegetables not grow well in the city because there’s a fucking giant transformer next everybody’s house and power lines, everywhere and Wi-Fi everywhere and cell towers? Seems like everybody who is in a more remote location out of the city has all the success in growing.

Every single time in Florida zone 9A okra okra and then there's some okra. Is slimy and disgusting. It always tastes disgusting no matter how you treat it. It's like everything that grows here tastes like shit