Question for the veggie folks

15 years ago

Hi guys! I need some advice about what to plant right now in my one vacant garden bed. I have various lettuces, and spinach and broccoli and carrots already producing in other beds, and don't want to plant more of the same, but I can't seem to think of what to use my empty space for. It's a little too late for the cold-weather veggies to start, and a little soon for the warm-weather ones. What's a veggie that can be grown between now and early April that I haven't thought of?

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pawsnplants
15 years ago
Beets, peas, Swiss chard, turnips. Tom MacCubbin's book, "The Edible Landscape" is a very good reference book that tells you what you can plant each month where you live.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
15 years ago
Asian greens are pretty fast & do best in cool weather - I love baby bok choy & tatsoi - they're wonderful in salads & stir fries.
If you like dill & cilantro, they're pretty fast too - as are scallions & chives.

& don't forget snap peas - this is a good time to plant them as well.
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deannac
15 years ago
Veggies: Celery, collards, endive, Kohlrabi, Mustard greens, english peas (I use sugar snaps) radishes, chard, cukes, corn, eggplant, watermelon can all be planted now. You may want to have a tarp just in case we have (and I'm sure we will) another freeze, but you can get a jump on a lot of things...I've started my tomatoes (cherokee purple) and peppers (hot and bell) in peat pots to set out Mid-Feb.

I'm a bit NE of Orlando, so if you're more south, you're good, more north, have freeze protection, but all mine's doing fine.

MOST herbs can be grown for about another 4 months...I've taken advantage of the cooler weather and went ahead and popped more garlic in as well (I use raised bed/sq ft gardening)
karen_florida
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you for the suggestions, there's lots there I had not thought of! I'm too chicken to start my tomatoes and peppers yet because I have to start them in-ground (I don't have an indoor setup for seedlings) but those Asian greens or peas sound interesting! I'm gonna hit the box store and see what seeds I can get my hands on.
deannac
15 years ago
I'm going to try the Asian greens myself. Orderd the baby bok choy last night! I don't have the indoor set up either...I use my window table (much to my husband's dismay) and have little pots all over it, lol!)

I get my seed (most of it) from Sustainable Seed Co. It's organic heirloom, open pollinated (I'm a seed collector) and no GMO! (I'm scared of Monsanto...and Simmines (sp) IS Monstano, which has a patent on their GMO seed. They'll sell it, but they can claim the produce if they want to...careful!
shortyrobyn
15 years ago
One herb that does great in winter is sorrel (and it makes a delicious and famous sauce for salmon). Robyn
tomncath
15 years ago
Not too late for the last round of snap peas, also, you could grow three rounds of radishes with seeds staggered at two week intervals, my favorite is the icicle (white, hot and like a short carrot)....

Tom