This can be earlier or later for your location depending on yourlast frost date.
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Hold off on starting the seeds of fast-growing crops such as squashes and melons until April, Taylor says.
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That way, they are ready for a mid-May transplant into the garden after the last danger of frost.
They also need warm soil, at least 70 to 80F, to germinate.
For Taylor, this means that mid-to-late May is bean planting season, depending on the weather.
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The same waiting period for beans applies in the south.
Winter is prime growing season for much of the south but not for beans," Taylor says.
“They need very specific conditions: warm soil temperatures, longer daylight hours, and warm days.
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Sweet potatoes do amazingly well in our Florida climate,” Pickett explains.
The next round of planting starts towards the end of January and runs into February.
For Pickett, late winter and early spring is the time to plant cool-weather vegetables in Florida.
