Pigeon Peas are a good Florida summer edible plant. Because it is a nitrogen fixer, I mostly plant it to enrich the soil where my winter crops will be planted. The added benefits are that it’s a good pollinator & it’s edible!
It makes me so happy that people in my state care as much as i do about native edible foods and native plants for the pollinating wildlife. I definitely am going to get your planner.
😊Thanks Jacqueline, i will look into getting a hibiscus 🌺 my Zinnias,and Gazania were taken over by heat exhaustion 😢 They were so pretty too. Oh, well good with the bad in gardening. Have a good weekend.
It's a great time to start planting anything you want to grow because our summer rains reduce the amount of watering that you have to do. I really enjoy planting in spring then letting things get nice and established over summer. I live in North Central Florida
Today 5/17/2024 it’s already 90+ degrees, any suggestions on how often and when to water our tomatoes that are producing fruit? I’m watering once the sun comes up in the morning. How many inches of mulch would you suggest? Leaves are curling on beans. Central Florida 9b.
Thank you so much for sharing. When I first started gardening I started in the summer and it failed and almost gave up. I learned to look for Florida gardeners. Thanks again Wild Floridian.
Thank you for the good reminders on working in the garden in the south. It's a definite adjustment from the north for anyone new to FL! Also, have you ever tried using shade cloth for the garden? Bootstrap Farmer has one I'm looking at that is designed for the south. I'd love to hear about others' experiences.
I'm located in South Florida, and I have been considering using shade cloth. Two of my plants have died on me because of the intense of the sun. I don't have any shade area in my backyard.
I think im doing cover crops. Im going to be in Houston for July. Not much better heat wise... but still. ... my PPark garden will be attended by my 10o son. So i think just cover crops is the way to go!
I recently found your videos and are devouring them and taking notes. You might already have a video on bigger pests, I’m having a new issue with gnawing my bromeliad pups and my immature pepper plants. Any best practices on deterring rats, opossums, armadillos, iguanas. Thanks from another local Florida girl!
The 2023 Garden Planner (the old fashioned paper version) is great! Love having something to scribble on and flip back to, and take notes down from your videos! All the info on natives is really unique among Florida garden planners, and I really appreciate the notes about color of bloom, not just times of bloom. This will be a handy reference guide when I am further along in the gardening journey and plant a natives section. And the wildlife sightings! Recording that is a wonderful idea, and help us learn who we are hosting in our garden....right now, I am at the bee, butterfly, bird, and yucky bug stage. Couple of ideas that may add to planner's greatness: 1) some way to plan the overall crop rotation by season. The good planting ideas you share on these videos pulled into calendar format so gardeners can plan ahead, source the seeds/cuttings, and the placement in the garden. Maybe a link to the UF/IFAS guide on what to plant when by regions of the state, including whether the plant should be started in trays or direct planted, etc. and the conditions they like. So we can create a seasonal or annual timeline of how our garden spaces will be filled, harvested, and ready for the next round. 2) References, perhaps to a members-only blog page or other on-line source with plant varieties you recommend, sources, photos of seedlings, growing tips, harvest tips etc. Keeping this on-line will make the info easier to update, and you could perhaps add affiliate links if you feel strongly about the provider. I am not suggesting an exhaustive guide to all edibles and natives for the state; just the Wild Floridian plant journal, if you will, to make it easier for users to fill their planner without searching all of internet. 3) This section is currently missing, but eventually, a Wild Floridian Fruit guide where you highlight when to plant, prune and fertilize the mulberry, or banana or papaya. Not by month perhaps, but fruit growing should be in every Floridian's garden plan. Last picky correction: the tropical plant suggestion, cassava, is yuca, with 1 c, the yucca is another, non-edible plant. Thanks for ALL your wonderful work. You are a true inspiration!
This was absolute FABULOUS feedback! Lots for me to think about. I just want to say that I appreciate the amount of thought you put into this feedback. I will definitely e adding this into my notes to look at as we work on 2024! 🎉😄
I’m glad it gave you motivation! Totally understand summer stressing you out. Remember summer is the time of year to take it easy. It’s ok to let it get a little wild. This is our “winter” 😄
I planted Seminole pumpkin seeds from Baker Creek some look like Seminole pumpkins and some look like butternut squash. I have had a lot of fruit as well as yellow and zucchini squash drop their fruit in the past couple of weeks. I doused with cal/ mag 2 days ago and that evening was our first rain in IDK how long. I am also still killing lubbers. Hopefully some will continue to develop to were we can eat them.
Got new starts in the last week of direct sow of cow peas. They came up in 3 days! Also planted direct sowed New Zealand spinach which took weeks to come up but that too is starting to flourish. All in direct sun. I am in Englewood and use a shade on half of a large raised bed from 12pm ish each day. Same thing planted on the complete sun and we'll see which is better.
the Jacarandas bloom in Mexico City from mid feb. to mid april although there are a few trees still sending out a few flowers here and there, but you don't find flamboyanes here, it is too cold for them to be happy. When I finally move to my lots in Yucatan it will be the opposite, too hot for jacarandas to be happy. so glad you can have both there.
In canada june is the earliest you can plant to avoid frost lol. Sometimes you can get away with starting in mid may. Sometimes the frost schmehggs everything if you start in may.
Always enjoy and learn from your videos ...thank you so much for sharing!! I Garden here in Florida Melbourne/Grant area. I would like to grow the puerto rican black beans but am having trouble finding online. Would appreciate any sources you can lead me to. Thanks in advance!!!
I love your channel so much. You give such great information about Florida Gardens specifically and I love that. Great job. Thanks for all the fantastic information. 🌻🌸🌻🌴🌱🦩👍
St Pete has a garden compost program??! I see what looks like a compost bin in the background. Where can I get more info on this program? My Brevard County area could certainly benefit from such goodness! 😊
They give out compost bins like they give out recycle bins. They are technically still the city’s property but they are awesome way to get people to slow waste into the landfills
@@WildFloridian I love that St Pete provides these compost bins! I had no idea there were municipalities in Florida that did this! In your opinion, how good do they work? Amongst my Florida Master Gardener friends, our concession is that most compost bins are more work than they are worth. So, we compost in other ways. But, if that cool looking compost contraption from St Pete is fairly easy to use & produces good organic matter, I will approach some in our county about considering this idea too!
I grew butternut squash last summer and had a very respectable crop in the fall. My enemy here is stink bugs. Have never been successful growing melons, so this yr I am trying African Horned Cucumber Cucumis metuliferus . We shall see how it does. Located west of Ocala 9a I think.
Real quick question on the loofah what if you were to run it through a wood chipper and use it as mulch for soil / sand additive Central Florida folks?
Hang on to starting Eggplant. We are in HOT weather crop season. Warm weather crops like eggplant, we can start in August. Ping Tung Eggplants grew amazing for me.
Love the video! Was literally brainstorming this last night. Will sweet potatoes take off on our sandy soil here in Florida or do they need better soil/nutrition? All my beds are currently occupied by native wildflowers and lots of peppers
Sweet potatoes don’t like ‘good’ soil. When I did my first round I just laid the sweet potatoes on the ground and threw mulch on top. 40 pounds of sweet potatoes!
@@WildFloridian I will try it! I tried putting them in my beds with soil and mulch but never got any slips. Want to grow sweet potatoes so badly we go through probably 50 lbs of sweet potatoes a year.
I am also looking for a source. I have only found a couple of online locations and they are currently out of stock. If I do uncover something I will let you know!
Yes! Pick them small or they start turning spongy on the inside. Which is good for Asian style dishes. When they are store zucchini size is when you should pick them to have them be zucchini substitutes.
Thanks! I ordered some seeds, and I'm going to give them a try. I just got my first Vegega bed, and I'll be assembling and filling it this weekend. I'll put a trellis for a couple of loofah. Thanks for the advice and inspiration. I'm Zone 9B, Polk County, and I really appreciate the local perspective!
Pigeon Peas are a good Florida summer edible plant. Because it is a nitrogen fixer, I mostly plant it to enrich the soil where my winter crops will be planted. The added benefits are that it’s a good pollinator & it’s edible!
That is an awesome tip!
It makes me so happy that people in my state care as much as i do about native edible foods and native plants for the pollinating wildlife. I definitely am going to get your planner.
😊Thanks Jacqueline, i will look into getting a hibiscus 🌺 my Zinnias,and Gazania were taken over by heat exhaustion 😢 They were so pretty too. Oh, well good with the bad in gardening. Have a good weekend.
A friend of mine gave me some luffa seeds. It has taken off!! I'm so excited. I never knew it could be eaten!
love your videos!
It's a great time to start planting anything you want to grow because our summer rains reduce the amount of watering that you have to do. I really enjoy planting in spring then letting things get nice and established over summer. I live in North Central Florida
So true!
Love your video new friend
Ooo, another. Dealing with elevation changes. :)
I learned to keep it low maintenance in the summer. I need things that strive on neglect in the summer like southern peas and sweet potatoes.
could you do a video on sugar cane. how to grow, process, cook, preserve?
👍awesome channel.
Malabar spinach & Everglades tomatoes doing great here in north FL!
Nice 🙌
❤😊Thank Jacqueline. Have a beautiful weekend!
You’re welcome Rene! Hope you had a lovely Memorial Weekend 🥰
Today 5/17/2024 it’s already 90+ degrees, any suggestions on how often and when to water our tomatoes that are producing fruit? I’m watering once the sun comes up in the morning. How many inches of mulch would you suggest? Leaves are curling on beans. Central Florida 9b.
I looove your channel! Thank you for all of the helpful tips! ❤ 🌼 🍍🌺
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing. When I first started gardening I started in the summer and it failed and almost gave up. I learned to look for Florida gardeners. Thanks again Wild Floridian.
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Thank you for the good reminders on working in the garden in the south. It's a definite adjustment from the north for anyone new to FL!
Also, have you ever tried using shade cloth for the garden? Bootstrap Farmer has one I'm looking at that is designed for the south. I'd love to hear about others' experiences.
I'm located in South Florida, and I have been considering using shade cloth. Two of my plants have died on me because of the intense of the sun. I don't have any shade area in my backyard.
You’re welcome Julianne! I haven’t used shade cloth BUT I have a ton of shade in my yard. 😂
@Wild Floridian wish I had more! Lol I'll let you know if it works or not.
Get the shade over your plays June- Early October
Muy buen video
I think im doing cover crops. Im going to be in Houston for July. Not much better heat wise... but still. ... my PPark garden will be attended by my 10o son. So i think just cover crops is the way to go!
I recently found your videos and are devouring them and taking notes. You might already have a video on bigger pests, I’m having a new issue with gnawing my bromeliad pups and my immature pepper plants. Any best practices on deterring rats, opossums, armadillos, iguanas. Thanks from another local Florida girl!
I’m so glad my videos are helping Alicia! I have a couple things of videos talking about wildlife in the garden.
The 2023 Garden Planner (the old fashioned paper version) is great! Love having something to scribble on and flip back to, and take notes down from your videos! All the info on natives is really unique among Florida garden planners, and I really appreciate the notes about color of bloom, not just times of bloom. This will be a handy reference guide when I am further along in the gardening journey and plant a natives section. And the wildlife sightings! Recording that is a wonderful idea, and help us learn who we are hosting in our garden....right now, I am at the bee, butterfly, bird, and yucky bug stage.
Couple of ideas that may add to planner's greatness: 1) some way to plan the overall crop rotation by season. The good planting ideas you share on these videos pulled into calendar format so gardeners can plan ahead, source the seeds/cuttings, and the placement in the garden. Maybe a link to the UF/IFAS guide on what to plant when by regions of the state, including whether the plant should be started in trays or direct planted, etc. and the conditions they like. So we can create a seasonal or annual timeline of how our garden spaces will be filled, harvested, and ready for the next round.
2) References, perhaps to a members-only blog page or other on-line source with plant varieties you recommend, sources, photos of seedlings, growing tips, harvest tips etc. Keeping this on-line will make the info easier to update, and you could perhaps add affiliate links if you feel strongly about the provider. I am not suggesting an exhaustive guide to all edibles and natives for the state; just the Wild Floridian plant journal, if you will, to make it easier for users to fill their planner without searching all of internet.
3) This section is currently missing, but eventually, a Wild Floridian Fruit guide where you highlight when to plant, prune and fertilize the mulberry, or banana or papaya. Not by month perhaps, but fruit growing should be in every Floridian's garden plan.
Last picky correction: the tropical plant suggestion, cassava, is yuca, with 1 c, the yucca is another, non-edible plant.
Thanks for ALL your wonderful work. You are a true inspiration!
This was absolute FABULOUS feedback! Lots for me to think about. I just want to say that I appreciate the amount of thought you put into this feedback. I will definitely e adding this into my notes to look at as we work on 2024! 🎉😄
Here's a good subject, dealing with HOA's. Augh
Where are you in Florida? Thanks for the videos.
What’s the best way to clean trellises after the growing season?
Best way? 😳 I just rip the vines off the trellis and leave the roots in the ground.
Maybe I missed it but have you looked into Malabar spinach? I just ordered some seeds, supposed to love the heat!,
🤗Great video, you gave me great planting ideas & motivation to get out and plant more. Summer gardening here in FL stresses me out a bit.
I’m glad it gave you motivation! Totally understand summer stressing you out. Remember summer is the time of year to take it easy. It’s ok to let it get a little wild. This is our “winter” 😄
I planted Seminole pumpkin seeds from Baker Creek some look like Seminole pumpkins and some look like butternut squash. I have had a lot of fruit as well as yellow and zucchini squash drop their fruit in the past couple of weeks. I doused with cal/ mag 2 days ago and that evening was our first rain in IDK how long. I am also still killing lubbers. Hopefully some will continue to develop to were we can eat them.
Got new starts in the last week of direct sow of cow peas. They came up in 3 days! Also planted direct sowed New Zealand spinach which took weeks to come up but that too is starting to flourish. All in direct sun. I am in Englewood and use a shade on half of a large raised bed from 12pm ish each day. Same thing planted on the complete sun and we'll see which is better.
That will be interesting to hear the results of your experiment 🕵️♀️
the Jacarandas bloom in Mexico City from mid feb. to mid april although there are a few trees still sending out a few flowers here and there, but you don't find flamboyanes here, it is too cold for them to be happy. When I finally move to my lots in Yucatan it will be the opposite, too hot for jacarandas to be happy. so glad you can have both there.
Maybe the flamboyant will work for you in the Yucatán. 🤷♀️ Might be too dry? It is native to Madagascar.
Hibiscus are edible too!
So true!
@wild Floridian Hi what type of mulch do you use and we’re do you get it?
I get my mulch from getchipdrop.com. It is usually oak or pine mulch.
Where do you get your seeds for Puerto Rican black beans?
I got mine from the Urban Harvest but I believe they are some type of yard long beans
Fabulous video! Thank you!
You are welcome Jaime!
In canada june is the earliest you can plant to avoid frost lol. Sometimes you can get away with starting in mid may. Sometimes the frost schmehggs everything if you start in may.
Wooooow!!!! That is so different. June! I’m winding down my gardening in June. 😳
Do Lychees grow in St Pete?
Yes 👍 I wanted to get one but they can get really big
Always enjoy and learn from your videos ...thank you so much for sharing!! I Garden here in Florida Melbourne/Grant area. I would like to grow the puerto rican black beans but am having trouble finding online. Would appreciate any sources you can lead me to. Thanks in advance!!!
Thank you Betty! 🥰 I got mine from Urban Harvest. But they may be a variety of yard long beans that go by a different name
Brilliant in-depth video! I watch all of yours but this one has my mind vibrating with ideas and tips I forgot 👏
Oh yay!!! Thank you for watching all of my videos! I’m glad you liked 🥰
Where can I buy the Puerto Rican Black beans?
Is it too late to plant milkweed by seed in nirth central Florida?
It may not come back next year but definitely worth it for fall migration
I love your channel so much. You give such great information about Florida Gardens specifically and I love that. Great job. Thanks for all the fantastic information. 🌻🌸🌻🌴🌱🦩👍
Aww thank you! 🥰
St Pete has a garden compost program??! I see what looks like a compost bin in the background. Where can I get more info on this program? My Brevard County area could certainly benefit from such goodness! 😊
I agree.
They give out compost bins like they give out recycle bins. They are technically still the city’s property but they are awesome way to get people to slow waste into the landfills
@@WildFloridian I love that St Pete provides these compost bins! I had no idea there were municipalities in Florida that did this! In your opinion, how good do they work? Amongst my Florida Master Gardener friends, our concession is that most compost bins are more work than they are worth. So, we compost in other ways. But, if that cool looking compost contraption from St Pete is fairly easy to use & produces good organic matter, I will approach some in our county about considering this idea too!
Where do u get puerto rican bean seeds?
I got mine from Urban Harvest but it looks to be a variety of yard long black beans 🫘
Hi! I found tarflower I think it’s called at the outer edge of my property, I am wondering if this is a native plant.
do plumeria grow in central Florida,?
I grew butternut squash last summer and had a very respectable crop in the fall. My enemy here is stink bugs. Have never been successful growing melons, so this yr I am trying African Horned Cucumber Cucumis metuliferus . We shall see how it does. Located west of Ocala 9a I think.
Very cool to hear that you had a good Butternut harvest! 😄
Real quick question on the loofah what if you were to run it through a wood chipper and use it as mulch for soil / sand additive Central Florida folks?
What about Eggplant? New to centeral florida
Hang on to starting Eggplant. We are in HOT weather crop season. Warm weather crops like eggplant, we can start in August. Ping Tung Eggplants grew amazing for me.
Love the video! Was literally brainstorming this last night. Will sweet potatoes take off on our sandy soil here in Florida or do they need better soil/nutrition? All my beds are currently occupied by native wildflowers and lots of peppers
Sweet potatoes only need our sand and lots of water. That's why they do so well in Florida. They're almost invasive.
Sweet potatoes don’t like ‘good’ soil. When I did my first round I just laid the sweet potatoes on the ground and threw mulch on top. 40 pounds of sweet potatoes!
@@WildFloridian I will try it! I tried putting them in my beds with soil and mulch but never got any slips. Want to grow sweet potatoes so badly we go through probably 50 lbs of sweet potatoes a year.
I planted squash in April and i thinkbi messed up.
My water softening system has alkalinized my water causing negative results, getting fixed tomorrow!
Anyone have a link for puerto rican black bean seeds?
I am also looking for a source. I have only found a couple of online locations and they are currently out of stock. If I do uncover something I will let you know!
I got mine from the Urban Harvest. But they look like a variety of yard long beans.
I’ve recently stumbled upon the idea of growing loofah and eating the small fruits like zucchini. Has anyone tried it? I’m curious, but very dubious.
Jacquelyn did that before actually. I think she said to avoid letting it get too ripe on the vine or it gets tough
Yes! Pick them small or they start turning spongy on the inside. Which is good for Asian style dishes. When they are store zucchini size is when you should pick them to have them be zucchini substitutes.
Thanks! I ordered some seeds, and I'm going to give them a try. I just got my first Vegega bed, and I'll be assembling and filling it this weekend. I'll put a trellis for a couple of loofah. Thanks for the advice and inspiration. I'm Zone 9B, Polk County, and I really appreciate the local perspective!
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Aw. Your planner is sold out.
Yeah 🥲 We are starting to work on 2024. I’m still keeping the digital planner available until fall.
Of course after deseeding it by the way LOL