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00:00 Crops that grow well in Florida
00:40 Best Peppers Florida
01:40 Best Kale Florida
02:40 Best Tomatoes Florida
03:47 Radish for Summer
04:53 Cucumbers for Florida
06:20 Can you grow garlic in Florida
07:25 Squash for Florida
09:24 Can you grow spinach in Florida
10:24 Can you grow celery in Florida
12:04 Best Bean Florida
24 Comments
Thank you. Love the seed shop!
Thank you for these helpful ideas. I live in St. Augustine and I will remember the substitutions.
Loved it! Thank you! 💚🌼
Love this video! Lots of useful information, but I actually recognized all of the plants you recommended, so I feel like I have progressed since I first found your channel. Now to be able to consistently grow them….that is my next goal.
Would you mention some specific varieties of the seasoning peppers that will do well here in Florida. And, personally, garlic chives have been impossible to grow from seed; however the live plant I got from you IS growing like a weed in spite of regular trims, and has turned into a large clump that will need dividing soon. Thanks!
Greetings from sunny SW Florida. Thanks for this! Have you tried Malabar spinach?
Thank you very much for sharing your experience.
This was a wonderful video! Especially for experienced gardeners that retire here. Knowing what plants can substitute for familier plants but grow better in this climate is a game changer. I have a lot of favorite recipes, I have to buy ingredients for because I no longer can grow those ingredients myself! Our food bill tripled the first year living here because I was used to growing so much more of our food. There only my husband & myself but still I was surprised at the cost. Summer squash is one of our favorites, it good to know there is an alternative that grows better here. I'm tired of working so much for such small yields. 👍
Thank you so much!
Great video! I clicked link to shop but said "page not found". Then I got in but seeds are out of stock. Please help. God bless you
PS: watching from Old Town, FL
Excellent video Elise, I have everything growing you mentioned except for the last two you mentioned, always enjoy watching you from my small backyard garden here in Pasco County 🌱🌱🌱
I have my notebook and pen out and am ready to learn. Thank you again for these wonderful videos for us central Florida peeps. I also signed up for your newsletters and ordered seeds you mentioned in the video from your store. I hope you get the out of stock ones in soon so I can order them. Love from Volusia county!
This is awesome. Thank u!
Good tips
Fantastic information!! I am so thankful I found your channel!
Excellent info!
Thank you for the info! I'm surprised about celery not doing well here since that was Sanford's big crop for a long time. (I don't try to grow it because I don't like it). But I think I may try the swiss chard version 🙂
Thank you! Very helpful for the TX mid/upper coast as well.
Thanks for the list, some I have grown, others I am excited to try. Are the peppers actually “seasoning peppers”, or are there other names? I am trying to locate some. Thank you!
My first year growing stuff after moving to Cocoa Beach from Oregon. This video is helpful!
Carrots! What a disaster. Germinated quickly but never grew. I suspect too much heat. Cucumbers as you say, not good. They got to 1-inch tall then withered.
I bought coffee tree seedlings with me. I thought they’d thrive here. They produced lots of berries in Oregon but the plants gradually died here one after another. They’re usually grown at higher altitudes so I think it’s too hot here with no nightly cool down.
What is doing well is sweet potatoes and ginger.
Loved this format. Thank you
Another substitute for celery is large collard/kale stem. Same size and texture. I use them in my red beans and rice in the winter. The celery leftover stalk that is not worth eating I just stick in the ground in the garden, it roots and grows in the cool of the year.
Love all these tips.I too love cucumbers and will try the variety you mentioned in the video
I ordered some seeds from your site but didn't see the seasoning pepper seeds. Do you have a source you can recommend for those?
Great list. I'm in northern Florida and bell peppers do okay here I've even over winter a couple of plants in the ground no protection. But of course that depends on the winter season.
I grew rat tail radish in Indiana and they did great, I haven't tried them here yet.