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Old 07-19-2020, 07:24 AM
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Do you have one? What can you grow successfully in the Florida Climate?

My wife loves her garden and wants to continue growing her own vegetables when we move.

Right now she grows:

Kale (2 varieties)
Swiss Chard
Squash (4 varieties)
Tomatoes (4 varieties)
Peas
Fava beans
String beans
Cucumbers
Beets
Carrots
Radishes
Onions
Lettuce (2 varieties)
Arugula
Spinach
Bell Peppers
Jalapeno peppers
A bunch of different herbs
Pumpkins
Watermelon
Strawberries
Blueberries
Figs

Will any of those make it in FL? We currently live in Western Washington. The climate is a tad different.. lol

Thanks.
We planted a cherry tomato plant in a pot in February and it was removed a couple of weeks ago. Seemed to grow great . The only pest problem we had was one batch of voracious green caterpillars that I simply picked off the plant and killed. My wife didn’t want me to plant a second crop because she is tired of then now but we have new tomatoes coming in the pot now from dropped fruit. I am going to see if they will get big enough to produce. I think they will. One thing we did notice was that we had to give the one plant 2 gallons of water 3 times a day during the dry season