Warm season vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers are damaged or killed by frosts and freezes and do not thrive when soil is too cool.
Regional guide
North Florida Frost-Window Vegetable Garden
UF/IFAS North Florida guide for north-of-State-Road-40 scope, late-frost checks, spring/fall windows, pest pressure, and rotation.
Regional timing
Current regional planting plan
UF/IFAS North Florida guide for north-of-State-Road-40 scope, late-frost checks, spring/fall windows, pest pressure, and rotation.
Source-backed timing
UF/IFAS Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
North Florida
5 climate signals
Source
source cues
Local
conditions
- UF/IFAS says vegetables can be grown year-round in Florida if attention is paid to the appropriate planting dates in Table 1.
- Warm season vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers are damaged or killed by frosts and freezes and do not thrive when soil is too cool.
- UF/IFAS says North Florida is especially vulnerable, so residents of that region should note the dates of late frosts.
- Catalog priority
- 26 priority crops 26 catalog examples
- Climate checks
- 5 climate signals 9 planning notes
- Timing basis
- Use regional source signals source guidance first
Provider Bush Bean, Detroit Dark Red Beet, Waltham 29 Broccoli, Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts
UF/IFAS points gardeners to floridafresh.ifas.ufl.edu by ZIP and says to note local frost dates and adjust planting times accordingly.
Calendar
Convert regional timing into dated sowing, transplant, and harvest jobs.
Frost dates
Keep hardiness zone context separate from local first and last frost dates.
All regions
Compare this guide with the broader regional atlas.
Central Florida
A Central Florida year-round vegetable guide for UF/IFAS planting dates, occasional frost, warm soil needs, and late-summer pest pressure.
Climate signals
- UF/IFAS says vegetables can be grown year-round in Florida if attention is paid to the appropriate planting dates in Table 1.
- Warm season vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers are damaged or killed by frosts and freezes and do not thrive when soil is too cool.
- UF/IFAS says North Florida is especially vulnerable, so residents of that region should note the dates of late frosts.
- The Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide separates planting dates into North, Central, and South Florida columns.
- The Table 1 footnote defines North Florida as all of Florida north of State Road 40.
Planning notes
- Use the North Florida column in Table 1, the Planting guide for Florida vegetables, instead of copying Central Florida or South Florida dates.
- UF/IFAS points gardeners to floridafresh.ifas.ufl.edu by ZIP and says to note local frost dates and adjust planting times accordingly.
- North Florida cool-season rows include beets Sept-Mar; broccoli Sep-Feb; cabbage and kale Sept-Feb; Brussels sprouts Sept-Nov; carrots, radish, and Swiss chard Sept-Mar; cauliflower Jan-Feb and Sept-Oct; collards Feb-Apr and Sept-Nov; lettuce Feb-Mar and Sept-Feb; mustard Sept-Apr; spinach Oct-Nov; and turnips Jan-Apr and Sept-Oct.
- North Florida warm-season rows include bush beans Mar-Apr and Aug-Sept; sweet corn Mar-Apr and Aug; cucumbers Mar-Apr and Aug-Sept; eggplant Mid Mar-Jul; okra Late Mar-July; peppers Late Mar-Apr and July-Aug; pumpkin Early July; summer squash Late Mar-Apr and Aug-Sept; winter squash Feb-Apr and Aug-Sept; tomatoes Late Mar-Apr and Aug; and watermelon Late Mar-Apr and July-Aug.
- Bunching onions use a Sep-Mar North Florida row.
- UF/IFAS says late summer or early fall plantings are susceptible to insects and diseases that thrive in hot weather, and late winter or early spring cold-tender vegetables can be damaged by frosts or freezes if not protected.
- Use the transplant ability field as a handling warning: I easily survives transplanting, II survives with care, and III means seed directly or use containerized transplants with developed roots.
- Use the plant-family field for rotation because UF/IFAS says to avoid successively planting vegetables from the same family in the same garden area.
- Use these priority catalog links as crop-row examples only, not UF/IFAS cultivar recommendations.
Catalog crop examples
These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.
- Provider Bush Bean Vegetable · Warm · 50 days
- Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
- Waltham 29 Broccoli Vegetable · Cool · 74 days
- Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts Vegetable · Cool · 100 days
- Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
- Danvers 126 Carrot Vegetable · Shoulder · 70 days
- Snowball Y Cauliflower Vegetable · Cool · 70 days
- Georgia Southern Collards Vegetable · Cool · 65 days
- Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
- Black Beauty Eggplant Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
- Green Curled Endive Vegetable · Cool · 85 days
- Lacinato Kale Vegetable · Cool · 60 days
- Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard Vegetable · Cool · 45 days
- Clemson Spineless Okra Vegetable · Warm · 56 days
- Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
- California Wonder Pepper Vegetable · Warm · 72 days
- Small Sugar Pumpkin Vegetable · Warm · 100 days
- French Breakfast Radish Vegetable · Cool · 28 days
- Bloomsdale Spinach Vegetable · Cool · 42 days
- Waltham Butternut Squash Vegetable · Warm · 95 days
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard Vegetable · Shoulder · 55 days
- Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days
- Purple Top White Globe Turnip Vegetable · Cool · 55 days
- Sugar Baby Watermelon Vegetable · Warm · 80 days
Related regional guides
- Central Florida Year-Round Vegetable Garden A Central Florida year-round vegetable guide for UF/IFAS planting dates, occasional frost, warm soil needs, and late-summer pest pressure.
- South Florida Year-Round Vegetable Garden UF/IFAS South Florida guide for below-State-Road-70 vegetable windows, rare frost, year-round timing, pest pressure, and rotation.