December Planting Guide for Florida Posted on 25 Nov 10:06 , 0 comments

It's almost December so we're finally posting our planting guide for Florida. If this is your first time reading our blog, we offer a monthly planting guide for the entire US throughout the year at Mary's Heirloom Seeds. December means more planting in Florida!

I've split the state in 3 sections to offer a more accurate planting guide. If you have additional questions please ask. Enjoy!

SOUTH FLORIDA

Amaranth, Arugula, Bush beans & Pole Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chives, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Sweet Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Endive, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Mustard, Bunching Onions, Snow Peas & English Peas, Southern Peas, PEPPERS, Radish, Spinach, Summer Squash & Winter squash, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Turnips and Watermelon

SEMINOLE PUMPKIN

CENTRAL FLORIDA

Arugula, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chives, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Endive, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Mustard, Bunching Onions, Snow Peas & English Peas, Radish, Spinach, Swiss Chard and Turnips

Purple Top Turnips

NORTH FLORIDA

Arugula, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chives, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Kale, Kohlrabi, Mustard, Bunching Onions, Radish, Spinach, Swiss Chard and 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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First time growing turnips

These were fast to mature and really tasty. I am new to gardening and didn’t thin my seedlings well enough so many of them did not produce much of a root but that’s okay because we definitely got to use the greens! Photos are of the turnips from the garden to my kitchen and the dish we made with them. Some turnips in the photo are not the purple top variety but overall I think the purple top got larger than the others I planted.

First time growing Mustard greens

This was the first time I have grown greens of any kind and it was a success! The plants are beautiful with the purple veins. I over crowded my raised bed with these accidentally but they still did really well. I started seeds indoors and had a hard time germinating (due to my own fault being new to seed starting) but still planted what I had outside when the time came. I was surprised when I saw the seeds that didn’t germinate indoors started coming up shortly after being outdoors. That’s how I ended up overcrowding my raised bed but on the plus side I now have a ton of healthy great tasting food in my backyard. Photos are of the greens from my garden to my kitchen.

Beautiful addition to any garden!

This is my favorite plant in my garden right now. I started my seeds last winter (2022) and planted in spring 2023. My mullein survived the insane high temperatures over summer and was a refreshing pop of green all winter. I am eagerly awaiting the flower!

Im like a kid at Christmas

These are so much fun. They sell out fast and I try to get at least 1 every year. Last year I was lucky enough to grab 2. I love trying new things and these are a mixture of flower, herbs, and vegetable. One of my favorite carrots came from here. It’s one of three that I grow every year because it’s fun!

Wow at results so far…..

When I bought these I had the intention of testing Mary’s seed Garlic with the sprouting store bought garlic from my fridge. I will be doing another review later after I harvest and I’ll post a picture then. So planted these in raised beds. Both in full sun and planted in different beds. I did the exact same thing to both. My store bought sprouted garlic all died. My Mary’s is still alive and forming it’s bulbs. This was just too good not share!

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