I've split the state in 3 sections to offer a more accurate planting guide. If you have additional questions please ask. Enjoy!
SEMINOLE PUMPKIN |
Purple Top Turnips |
Lacinato Kale |
Recommended Heirloom Varieties for Florida:
Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth
Arugula Roquette
Bush Beans: Blue Lake & Red Kidney
Pole Beans: Kentucky Wonder & Scarlet Runner
Beets: Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red & Cylindra Formanova
Broccoli: Calabrese, Purple Early Sprouting & De Ciccio
Brussels Sprouts: Long Island
Cabbage: New Jersey Wakefield & Savoy, Perfection
Carrots: Chantenay, Danver's & Scarlet Nantes
Chinese Cabbage: Dwarf Pak Choy & Pak Choy
Collards: Georgia Green & Morris Heading
Sweet Corn: Black Mexican & Country Gentleman
Cucumber: Marketmore (slicer), National Pickling & Lemon Cucumber
Eggplant: Black Beauty
Endive: Batavian
Kale: Blue Curled & Lacinato (dino kale)
Kohlrabi: Purple Vienna
Lettuce: Little Gem, May Queen, Tom Thumb & Simpson
Mustard: Southern Giant & Giant Red
Okra: Clemson Spineless
Onions: Red Burgundy (bulbing), Japanese Bunching & Bulgarian Leeks
English/Snow Peas: Sugar snap & Oregon Snow
Southern Peas: Pigott & Black Eye
Hot Peppers: Black Hungarian, Cayenne, Chinese 5-Color, Habanero & Jalapeno
Sweet Peppers: Cal Wonder, Golden Marconi & Pimiento
Pumpkin: Big Max, Connecticut Field, Seminole & Winter Luxury Pie
Radish: Diakon & German Giant
Spinach: Bloomsdale Longstanding & Malabar
Summer Squash: Black Beauty Zucchini, Golden Crookneck & Yellow Scallop
Winter Squash: Spaghetti, Table Queen Acorn & Waltham Butternut
Swiss Chard: Fordhook & Rainbow
Tomatoes: Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Green Zebra, Mortgage Lifter & Roma
Turnips: Purple-Top Whiteglobe
Watermelon: Blacktail Mountain, Charleston Grey & Golden Midget
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