November Vegetables: What to Grow in Your Florida Garden?

[@freedomgrows]

Everything's looking great over there! As for the Roselle, this was also my 1st time growing them and so far I've harvested 3 times, and will harvest more today because they just keep growing and giving more! So far I've only made batches of tea with them, and we enjoy it refrigerated. It tastes like a mild fruit juice depending on how you sweeten it, or like cranberry if you don't add as much sugar. Going to make jam with the next harvest. Thanks for all you do and share!

[@WildFloridian]

That’s awesome! I’m hoping to make a jam!

[@veronikanadtochii2844]

I grow cucumbers in South Florida. They are doing great, we don't buy any in stores. I have 5 plants and they produce enough for us to make salads almost every day and I pickled couple Mason jars. They are heavy eaters, and they hate mineral fertilizers. As I grow organically I make the fertilizer muself. All you need are weeds from your garden (different types to get more good stuff in the fertilizer) Take a bucket, put all the weeds you can find in your yard in it (2/3 of a bucket, tamp it down). (Also you can add haulm (leaves)you don't use from your beets and other plants). Then pour water over the weeds, fill the entire bucket. Put the backet somewhere in your yard, in warm place. Let it stand for about 5 days (the warmer it is outside the less time needed). Stir it every day! Yes, it gonna stink. But these are methane compaunds, necesery for the plants. There should be bubles, look for them, course it is the indicator of fermentation. If you see the quantity of bubles is getting smaller - this is the time to use the fertilizer. If there are no bubles - you are too late, all the best stuff is almost gone. So usually if you see bubles and the fertilizer smells like.. well, you'll see))) Then it is time! How to use: 1 part of the fertilizer mix with 10 parts of water. First water your cucumbers and then pour the mix in the root zone (about 1 litter for each plant). This will be a great source of organic nitrogen and other great stuff. Also don't forget that cucumbers require hire amount of potassium (I buy organic water soluble potassium fertilizer on Amazon).

[@enr04up]

What kind do you grow? From seed? Where do you grt thrm?

[@veronikanadtochii2844]

@@enr04up From seed. Outside. In soft (fabric) garden pots (15 gallons each, one plant for a pot). I make my own soil mix cause didn't like anything that is sold in stores. I mix one part of organic peat moss, one part of organic coconut coir, two parts of organic soil for raised beds, 0,5 part of pure worm castings (sold on Amazon). Also i add into the mix organic perlite and river sand though can't say how much exactly.. Just to make the soil mix "lighter"

[@kimmiansimpson3698]

Roselle is amazing❤️ a big tip to double your harvest is to peel off the calyx petals and leave the seed head so you can come back later and harvest your seeds😁😊

[@heatherreis7839]

Spoke to soon! There's a Facebook page my husband follows. Right now they are keeping an eye on a storm that's brewing. Usually they are right on the money with ones in the past so my husband told me to maybe wait til around the 6th or 7th when they have a better determination of the strength and where it might hit, to start my seeds. Usually I start tons of seeds and have my transplants out November 1st. Being gone on vacation though kinda killed my transplants (had no one to watch them) and now I'm waiting to see what this storm does so I don't waste any more seeds.

[@ellenconforti5693]

Love the gloves! You were my banana go to girl
My banana plant gave me 89 bananas. Yeah. Thanks for all the good info. Will be trying Roselle Hibiscus so I can make my own tea. I bought some dried from Amazon and it tastes really good.
Have trouble with strawberries
Wherever I put them they get eaten. We even built a lean-to screened in and I think it is the little lizards. They get in everywhere. Or maybe some other critter. I even had them in my Veggie pod but they get in underneath.
This time I will put them in pots and cover the pots with the see thru laundry baskets. They can seal up under the pots or on the sides. This is my last resort. Thanks for the videos. Didn't know you plant potatoes now. I have some coming up on their own from spring.
Florida Gardener
Zone 9a

[@PegsGarden]

Hi Jackie!! Love this time of year for my garden, less pests, also I have a ton of tomatoes in the ground that I started from seed over a month ago and they are in the garden, mostly kales and kohlrabi and regular potatoes are in the ground, it will be my first year to grow potatoes looking forward to harvesting them, also planted a bunch of carrots and beets and bush beans, have a great weekend!!🌱🌼🌻🌺

[@WildFloridian]

Peg!!! You are doing awesome! I’m so excited for you and all that you’re doing. I would love to hear how the potatoes do… I’m might try to do potatoes in a couple months. Happy Gardening 👩‍🌾

[@PegsGarden]

@@WildFloridian Thanks Jackie, your garden is doing awesome as always, love your videos and all the great info you share with us❤

[@suzannewilliams8295]

Yes, my mulberries are fruiting too! So are my figs. Like you, I figured it was due to the hurricane damage.

[@eliza9822]

Suzanne, how do you make your figs fruit? I have two figs that are two years old and they have not produced anything. 😢

[@mikimayagain]

Heck yeah for the planner!

[@KC-iu3rq]

Yes on the mulberries! Just walked out back yesterday after work and was like Whoah! Not mad about it, time to pick more mulberries :)

[@WildFloridian]

Right?!? It is a good surprise!

[@freddking4389]

Hi Jackie. I lived in Vero Beach last year and grew red potatoes and they did great. I was not weighing product last year. I live in Sebring area this year and planted red potatoes that I harvested last year and they are also doing well. I have started hilling them. I have had very little luck with russet though.

[@WildFloridian]

That is awesome! Thanks Fredd!

[@teresaminnick2252]

I am still hauling limbs and cutting down broken trees out to the curb courtesy of Hurricane Ian in Ft Myers

[@annalisasmith8066]

My yard is wild too. Veggie garden is in transition as I add raised beds slowly. I keep getting pulled away!

[@em286]

I got mulberries too! I love it. Thanks for the garden tips. And I love your arm covers! 😎🌱

[@togodbetheglory3638]

yes, where do you get those?

[@WildFloridian]

Yay! Mulberries!!!! This is where I got them… they make your arms cool 😎 like temperature… but also cool in style farmersdefense.com/collections/farming-sleeves

[@em286]

@@WildFloridian Thanks! 😎🌱

[@cooktoy1]

Didn't do an October garden planting, but started a Butterfly Garden, and 2 Monarchs hatched today. One Monarch hatched in my front yard during Hurricane Ian.

[@DC-rd6oq]

Planting potatoes in the same bed after harvesting sweet potatoes should be fine. Potatoes are nightshades and sweet potatoes are in the morning glory family.

[@CraftEccentricity]

My strawberries are flowering too! I have peppers, cherry tomatoes, bunching onions, spinach, mesclun, snow peas, pak choi coming up here North FL

[@WildFloridian]

🙌 Nice!!! I wonder if it is how dormant the bare roots are?

[@nancytharp8213]

Lost lots of transplants in Oct. Replanted transplants 3 times & lost lots of strawberry plugs also. Monitoring tropical depression on noaa site for next week going up east florida coast. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@sagewhite5776]

I had a roselle sprout early july and happily took the hottest of days and even with a bad aphid infestation in the last few months it has been a prolific grower and producer of fruit and is now about 5 ft 8 and still producing fruit. I took your advice from a previous video to just keep waiting for beneficial pests to get the aphids and it seems to have helped out the rest of the garden well since the roselle took the infestation and and continued growing. It has started to thin out quite a bit now and branches are droopy from heavy fruit I haven't yet picked. Im 3 miles from the coast in palm beach county so super sandy.

[@teresaminnick2252]

My huge mulberry had to be cut all the way. Nice big yummy mulberries all gone. Also my big Tamarind tree is now just a stump. These were my shade trees shading three tables of potted plants which are now all sunburned. Day by day

[@oreopaksun2512]

It's Friday, and that means....Wild Floridian! Yay!
Your plants, esp. flowers, are looking fabulous. And what! When I saw that strawberry flower in the intro, I had to rewind. My strawberries are starting OK, but no way are they close to flowering. You really have a green thumb. And wild sleeves - love those, links, please.
My little container garden has pushed 'pause' for these weeks. My Cavendish type bananas literally paused in the middle of the banana dance with new leaves out, but holding the cone shape since Ian. One Orinoco is growing, and has surpassed all its bigger cousins, I guess it is more a more resilient banana variety even though idk if I will like the fruit. My little potatoes came up while sheltering from Ian in the dark garage, maybe they like to sprout in the dark? And my sweet potatoes don't seem to understand that they are supposed to be 'curing', and are making slips in storage. Always something weird happening with my plant babies, but they are always entertaining. As are you, so thanks.
Trying the whole vegetable growing for fall (see, paying attention!). So potato, check. Lettuce and carrots, germinating. Brassicas, mixed bag - the only one that is doing great is a kohlrabi....which I have never tasted, but such an odd plant, I have to grow til the end.

[@WildFloridian]

You are doing awesome!!!! I was surprised about mine flowering so soon. I think it was because they weren’t fully dormant. The grower was out of NC. Your banana sounds like it getting close. Fingers crossed you bunch is coming soon. Here is the link for the sleeves: farmersdefense.com/collections/farming-sleeves They keep your arms cool 😎… cool in temperature. Florida is squirrelly 🐿️! Always new adventures to be had! Happy Friday and Happy Gardening!!!!

[@oreopaksun2512]

@@WildFloridian Some of the sleeves are even on sale, plus cool company, so thank you for the link.
And you are so positive! I don't want to get my hopes up about my bananas, so am going to treat them like sulky babies who are pouting cause 1) big haircut for Ian 2) dark garage for days cause Ian 3) cooler days and shorter daylight...Ian again!
Update: You are a banana whisperer! It is hard to tell when the pseudostem is less than 2 ft tall, but I think my Dwarf Cavendish with the stuck leaves is definitely leaning to the side. This is gonna be the tiniest bunch of bananas, but ... flower and fruit! how exciting

[@dalewortley2967]

My garden update. Trying potatoes and doing well, corn is about 1/2 that size. Pumpkins are making flowers but not producing?? Carrots, spinach, kale and radishes are doing great.

[@WildFloridian]

Pumpkins usually flower for bit before they put on fruit… like weeks for me. Keep going Dale! You are doing it! 🙌

[@dalewortley2967]

@Wild Floridian no, i have had flowers come and go with no fruit. Im thinking pollination problem.

[@joshuathinkingoutloud]

@@dalewortley2967 I had the same problem sometimes pumpkins only produce male flowers which never turn into fruit. That happened to me earlier this year my entire backyard was covered in pumpkin vines filled with yellow flowers that then fell off. It was because they were all male flowers they couldn’t be pollinated into fruit unfortunately. From my understanding from talking to other gardeners it’s a roll the dice just like with papaya trees some are male some are female.

[@BecomingMoreSelfSufficient]

I jus received some Roselle seeds I was planning on planting in spring! Yours are gorgeous! I am in Northern Florida originally from PA. I am super excited about book & planner! Everything I plant in pots does well. Really trying to grow in ground hard to keep moist it is sandy nothing does well😢 I am raising 3 of my grandchildren on fixed income. So I am really trying to grow. In summer I grew 10% of our food!
I have lots of lettuce, onions, garlic, beets & broccoli planted. I am out of containers. I have put lots of leaves chopped and put in ground anything else I could do before putting more plants in?

[@AM-yc5tf]

My garden was basically a fight in September because of the white flies just moving from one plant to another!

[@99ssimmons]

I have had success using insecticidal soap, three days later neem oil, then a week later seven dust if fruit isn’t on the plant. Really knocks down the population for weeks.

[@preparingforretirement]

Re the difference in pounds... didn't you remove that giant sweet potato patch? I wonder if you weren't harvesting the sweet potatoes in Oct in both 2020 and 2021? Thank you again for your highly informative videos!

[@WildFloridian]

I think you’re right Martha! Sweet Potatoes make complete sense for October! Thank you for refreshing my memory 🥰

[@99ssimmons]

All my little beans had their leaves stripped due to hurricane. Also cold weather was sooner this year BUT my cilantro, Brussels sprout seedlings, and kale took off!!!! Hot peppers slowed down a lot

[@Florida882]

Had mulberries in the ground for years. It’s a dwarf everbearing. So far maybe 5 this year. I’m thinking of cutting it down

[@tondasunshine8343]

Have you pruned it? Every time I prune mine I get fruit!!

[@Florida882]

@@tondasunshine8343 I did. The same thing she did here to hers. And it worked with the growth. That’s when I got my 5 berries. Since then nothing

[@WildFloridian]

I wonder if there is something with the spot..??? Maybe too shady? Maybe needs some fertilizer?? Or mulch??? You should be getting more if it has been a few years. I would take a cutting a put it in alternative location… because that is more than the pruning will take care of

[@Florida882]

@@WildFloridian so it has no real trees right next to it that are taller. It has a very thick layer of mulch now all around the back yard. I’ll text CB more fertilizer

[@floridaglitz]

Great Video 🫶🏽 What size bed is the one you have from Vegega?

[@WildFloridian]

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[@VictorPaulDiaz]

Have any tips for iguanas? They ate my chaya, sisso spinach, seminol pumpkins, okra...... I tried a bunch of dollar store pinwheels and that worked for a few months ,but I guess they lost the fear and ate everything!

[@sc_arriola382]

Will you make a video on your tracking system?

[@joshalynnwardful]

what is your favorite type of banana tree and why?

[@togodbetheglory3638]

Do you put that mulch from the tree chips all over everywhere in your garden? Also do you plant the sweet potatoes under the dirt under the mulch, how far under the dirt?

[@WildFloridian]

Yes, I use wood chips from chip drop all over the place. I set the sweet potato on the dirt and lay mulch on top.

[@rudekperezacupuncturist]

Do you think those black beans can overwinter and be "perennials", stem looks pretty woody solid. Maybe you just need to prune it.

[@WildFloridian]

It might for my zone. It seems to be slowing down. I have seeds to start a new plant. So I might start fresh in spring. But who knows… I may change my mind 😅

[@rudekperezacupuncturist]

@@WildFloridian try pruning one just as an experiment to see what happens.

[@jeffreyboyd4719]

Hi! I'm a new subscriber and I love your great info about butterfly gardens. How do you combat fire ants in your garden?

[@sandyanderson7973]

Squirrels love Roselle calyxes

[@rudekperezacupuncturist]

Shhhhhh it seems like mine don't know that yet!

[@WildFloridian]

Good to know!

[@WildFloridian]

🤣 Same

[@essentialpeaceoflife2429]

North Central Florida here: none of the seeds I put out in October germinated🤷

[@WildFloridian]

Big time bummers! If you have leftover seeds… try again! You’ve got time for cold weather crops!

[@mikimayagain]

Same here!!! I'm also in north central Florida and it's been dry. I'm starting to wonder if my soil needs more help? My garden is all raised beds except for the roselles

[@BeyondBecca]

I know this video is old but I’m wondering about the luffa, I grew it and tried to eat some when they were small but they we’re already so stringy inside. Are yours stringy inside when smaller? I’m also in zone 10a south Florida.

[@roxiekelley]

Hey. Roxie in riverview. Where did you get those are savers

[@myheartcries9906]

❤❤❤ I've got a question. The last two times I've tried to grow radishes, both times the leaves looked amazing, but they only produced skinny red roots the never turned into little round radishes. Both rounds were from the same package called French breakfast or something like that... is there a trick to produce actual radishes? Thanks for the potato tip. I'll tell my husband. 😇❤❤

[@panchocarrillo4086]

Where do i buy loofah seeds or plants?

[@elsiea351]

What are puertorican black beans?

[@sewpretty13]

hi, Jacqueline, So good to see your November garden. It is challenging to go from one season to the next. You mentioned planting the Cherokee Trail of Tears Black Beans from Seed Savers. You must be a lot warmer over the winter as I may have lots of colder days and don't see these making them through the January cold snap? Do you think these will grow now in Orlando through the winter?

[@99ssimmons]

I started black beans from the shelf on Walmart at the beginning of September. I’m in Lakeland and I think they will be done before super cold of January and February

[@WildFloridian]

It may be a little late now... but they are worth trying. Usually the worst cold snaps happen in late January/early February.

[@togodbetheglory3638]

After harvesting sweet potatoes where you had them, you said something like you roll it up they lay it back out..Do the roots still in the ground automatically grow again? Or do you plant new sweet potatoes also? What abt in bags, should I just put all the plants in the composter, or leave the roots in there, let them grow again? Do they stay alive thru the cold weather underground, Or should I keep them warm like I could put them in the sunporch for ones in the bags...??

[@WildFloridian]

Yes, the vines without tubers will root and make new sweet potatoes 🍠 So no new sweet potatoes are needed. Depending where you live, depends on whether you will need to move the grow bags. Zone 10 is usually fine… zone 9 is on the cusp… depends on our winter.

[@merandaritchie7505]

We’re did you get the sleeves?

[@paulmastre8202]

If a larger luffa plant is spongey can you use it like an eggplant?

[@WildFloridian]

That’s a great question! I think it’s worth trying. I have some I can try.

[@shirleyk623]

I thought after the first freeze was the time to harvest sweet potatoes or when the vines start to start to die off. My strawberries are making new plants, is that normal for this time of the year?

[@WildFloridian]

Sweet Potatoes see differ for us in Florida. They can grow year round in central and south Florida. You have to inspect and make some judgements on when to pull. If you search my videos there is a q&a video that shows and goes into it deeper. That may be helpful for you to check out. In the strawberries… I don’t know. It’s my first time growing them at this time of year.

[@shirleyk623]

@@WildFloridian I know that there is sweet potatoes there because I have to keep covering them so they don't turn green. They are sticking up out of the soil. I harvested 5 pounds in one grow bag because they had wire worms. I now have a cover crop planted in that grow bag. Thanks for your help. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@Mirkwoodsqueen]

How do you get your Papaya to flower and produce on the lower trunk?

[@WildFloridian]

I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ It just does that. It may be variety? Nutrition? Or me transplanting it?

[@joshuathinkingoutloud]

@@WildFloridian I notice if I chop off the top of my papaya tree it’ll start to form new branches and start new sections to where they can begin flowering producing new fruit. I doubled my papaya yields by doing this. By the way, I grew sweet potatoes and grow bags, in the sandy dirt Florida soil, and then a quality raised bed. I was disappointed with all of my results. I’m also on top of all of them and kept them watered all the sweet potato vines looked extraordinarily healthy but they did not produce as many sweet potatoes as I would’ve guessed compared to the plethora of vines and most of them had holes in them. Any thoughts?