Wow, it seems as though you are putting your best foot forward. 1/4 acre is quite a task. I'm trying the floradade for the first time. I want to try burgandy okra sometime, and seminole pumpkin is my favorite.

I'm sure a lot of it is going to be hit or miss, but hopefully I'll get to eat/share more of it than the bugs do. I'll have to put up a fence to keep out the deer and other wildlife and will probably go with some type of netting to keep the birds at bay. It might seem like a big chunk, but most of the 1/4 will be Seminole pumkin and watermelon vines and so I might end up with 10 sq ft for the other...:>)

Jet, good to hear from you again. I've grown the Seminole pumpkin on cattle fencing only 5 ft long and kept it pruned and got enough to suit my needs and they were great. I have limited space or I would have let them go.

I've used rareseeds the past couple years and am rather pleased with their shipping/quality of the seeds. Let us know how the tomatoes do, I wasn't too rewarded by the Florade last year but am trying them again this year. I ordered about 12 varieties of maters from them; Moneymaker, Paul Robeson were two that did real well for me, black cherry, striped roman, carbon, black pineapple, orange fleshed purple smudge were some other 'neat' varieties that turned out tasty and with decent yeilds. We tried mortage lifter (bugs got most before they ripened) which got LARGE fruits, but few actually hit the table. emerald okra also was impressive/yield/size tender pods.

Try growing something in a large container just to compare. Everything I put in containers seemed to do much better than the stuff in the ground. This is a good time to start seeds because when the summer heat and humidity hits it is brutal. Peppers did the best in the summer for me. No pests, diseases, or anything for the peppers.

Jetstream

I hope that you do great with your new veggies and I can see that you are going to be very busy!

I am not familiar with most of the seeds that you order but let us know which ones they do good for you and our climate.

The tomatoes and okra I would put them in containers because of nematodes issues, everything else in the garden.

Make room for the seminole, it will take over. This was in the beginning. :o)

Silvia

Jet, you made some good choices and yes it is good to hear from you again. You have been missed and good luck. Linda