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UF/IFAS Extension · Regional reference

North Florida.
Your season,
in context.

Explore the planting windows for Florida north of State Road 40, from cool-season greens to warm-season crops. Keep the source’s seasonal detail in view as you plan.

Explore 37 crop windows
Every reviewed window

Find your crop.
See its season.

A full year at a glance, with the source’s actual month labels beneath every timeline.

37 source crops

Source windowQualified month; read label

Arugula

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Beans, bush

Outdoor plantingMar–Apr · Aug–Sept

Beans, lima

Outdoor plantingMar–Aug

Crop-specific caveats

Table 2 includes bush and pole forms; this row does not distinguish their maturity or calendars.

Beans, pole

Outdoor plantingMar–Apr · Aug–Sept

Beets

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Broccoli

Outdoor plantingSep–Feb

Brussels Sprouts

Outdoor plantingSept–Nov

Cabbage

Outdoor plantingSept–Feb

Cantaloupes

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–Apr

Carrots

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Celery

Outdoor plantingJan–Mar

Outdoor plantingAug–Feb

Crop-specific caveats

The source row combines crop types. The dates and maturity cannot establish a separate cultivar-specific schedule for each mapped crop.

Collards

Outdoor plantingFeb–April · Sept–Nov

Corn, sweet

Outdoor plantingMar–Apr · Aug

Eggplant

Outdoor plantingMid Mar–Jul

Endive/ Escarole

Outdoor plantingFeb-Mar · Sept

Kale

Outdoor plantingSept–Feb

Kohlrabi

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Outdoor plantingFeb–Mar

Crop-specific caveats

The source row combines crop types. The dates and maturity cannot establish a separate cultivar-specific schedule for each mapped crop.

Table 2 limits crisphead lettuce to the coolest months in Florida; the shared Lettuce calendar must not imply that every lettuce type performs equally throughout it.

Outdoor plantingSept–Apr

Okra

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–July

Onions, bulbing

Outdoor plantingSept–Dec

Onions, bunching (green and shallots)

Outdoor plantingSep–Mar

Peas, snow or English

Outdoor plantingJan–Mar

Peas, southern

Outdoor plantingMid Mar– Aug

Peppers

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–Apr · July– Aug

Potatoes, Irish

Outdoor plantingJan–Mar

Potatoes, sweet

Outdoor plantingMid Mar–Jun

Pumpkin

Outdoor plantingEarly July

Radish

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Spinach

Outdoor plantingOct–Nov

Squash, summer

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–Apr · Aug–Sept

Squash, winter

Outdoor plantingFeb–Apr · Aug–Sept

Swiss chard

Outdoor plantingSept–Mar

Tomatoes (supported)

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–Apr · Aug

Turnips

Outdoor plantingJan–Apr · Sept–Oct

Watermelon

Outdoor plantingLate Mar–Apr · July–Aug

Hatched months have an early, mid, or late qualifier. Use the written window for that detail. Intervals such as September–March continue across the new year; blank months have no window in this source.

Source & limitations

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Keep the context.

Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide

University of Florida IFAS Extension
Source article revision shown: June 2025
Data reviewed 2026-10-02
37 reviewed crop windows · 2 withheld entries

The written labels carry the detail

Hatched month cells have an early, mid, or late qualifier. Read the words beneath the timeline rather than treating the entire month as an equally suitable window. The visual does not assign day boundaries to these qualifiers.

Some crop names cover more than one type

The source groups some crop types together. Links to more than one vegetable guide do not establish separate schedules for those types. Open the crop-specific caveats beneath a window where available; lettuce, for example, needs variety-specific context.

Climate context is not a weather guarantee

These Florida references do not establish frost protection or validate national frost offsets. A current forecast, soil conditions, cultivar choice, and garden exposure can all matter. The dataset remains a regional reference in this dataset.