What To Plant in Your Florida Vegetable Garden In January – Updated January 2022

Use the frost date maps below to find your first and last average frost date. You can zoom in to find your neighborhood on the maps. It’s best not to plant warm season crops that are cold sensitive directly in the ground outdoors until after the danger of frosts/ freezes has passed. If you do plant outdoors in the winter then it is important to protect warm season vegetables from frosts and freezes. Row cover and frost cloth are used to protect cold sensitive crops from frosts and freezes:
Frost Cloth and Row Cover for frost protection: https://amzn.to/3I7rRYA

Florida Average First Frost Date Map: https://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-florida-first-frost-date-map.php

Florida Average Last Frost Date Map: https://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-florida-last-frost-date-map.php

The website linked to below allows you to look up historical climate data for various cities in Florida. You can find the closest city to your location on the list and go to the “History” tab to see past temperature and rainfall records. You can change the month and year to view by clicking in the box that shows the month/year at the top of the history pages. Some cities have more data than others (some don’t have a “history” tab), so if the city closest to you doesn’t have much data, you might want to also check out the next closest cities too:
https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/florida/united-states/3179

Here are links for many of the products I use in my vegetable garden. Note that a lot of these items, like the fertilizers and the trays/saucers, have gotten much more expensive lately (like everything else). I shop around to find the best prices on the items and if I can’t find something at a reasonable price then I will just do without or find a substitute):
7 Gallon Grow Bags: https://amzn.to/2XaJ1mp
5 Gallon Grow Bags: https://amzn.to/3ht2wNP
10 Gallon Grow Bags: https://amzn.to/3k4WpkB

14 Inch Diameter Grow Bag Trays/Saucers: https://amzn.to/3tAkzqc
16 Inch Diameter Grow Bag Trays/Saucers: https://amzn.to/3AiP724

Sustane Organic Fertilizer (4-6-4) 20 lb Bag: https://amzn.to/3lztPHJ
or
Jobe’s Organic Fertilizer (4-4-4): https://amzn.to/3EdxeV2
or
Espoma Organic Fertilizer (3-4-4): https://amzn.to/3EbvJ9P

For Berries: Espoma Berry-tone Organic Fertilizer (4-3-4): https://amzn.to/3jlD8dA

In addition to the above fertilizers I occasionally use these seaweed and fish fertilizers to give my plants a boost of nutrients. I also use some of the seaweed fertilizer (half-strength) on my seedlings right after I transplant them (Note: I don’t use fertilizers with fish in them for seedlings):
Maxicrop Seaweed Fertilizer (Powder): https://amzn.to/3uWO9ak
Maxicrop Seaweed Fertilizer (Liquid): https://amzn.to/37uA0JJ
Neptune’s Harvest Tomato & Veg Fertilizer 2-4-2 (Note: this formula is best for first few weeks of plant growth, as it encourages lots of green leafy growth. For fruiting/flowering plants, I switch to the Rose & Flowering formula after the first few weeks. Also, this contains fish and the smell attracts animals, which will dig up the plants trying to find the source of the fish smell, so I use it early in day and water it in just before dark to minimize the smell). https://amzn.to/3r8OJ40
Neptune’s Harvest Rose & Flowering Formula 2-6-4 (Note: this formula is best for later stages of plant growth to encourage more flowers and fruit to grow. This formula also contains fish so everything I said above about attracting animals applies to this formula too). https://amzn.to/3KqBino

The Following Organic Soil Amendments Add Trace Minerals To The Soil.
Green Sand (Organic Soil Amendment Adds Trace Minerals): https://amzn.to/3z5uG7B
Kelp Meal (Organic Soil Amendment Adds Trace Minerals): https://amzn.to/3tz2lFH

Dolomite Lime: https://amzn.to/3CbclIl

Self-Watering Grow Boxes:
Patio Pickers: https://amzn.to/3vrhHhW
or
Earthbox: https://amzn.to/39VfsaX

Row Cover (This is a multipurpose plant covering that can protect plants from insects, provide some cold protection in winter, and can also provide a small amount of shade): https://amzn.to/3nreXh5

Drip Irrigation: https://amzn.to/3uzbhuV