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Zone 11a planting guide

Miami and the true tropics. Frost is a story people tell.

Last spring frost
Jan 1
First fall frost
Dec 31
Winter low
40 to 45°F

The trap

A USDA vegetable calendar written for Ohio.

What actually finishes

Warm-night crops. Tomatoes in the cooler months. Skip anything that wants a freeze to sweeten.

This week in Zone 11a

Warm soil — direct sow

Beans, squash, cucumber, sunflowers, zinnias. This is the easy sowing window.

Crops for this zone

Cities in Zone 11a

Year at a glance

  1. January

    Winter greens and herbs. This is a growing month here, not a rest month.

  2. February

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  3. March

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  4. April

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  5. May

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  6. June

    Heat pause for cool crops. Keep irrigation up. Shade lettuce.

  7. July

    Heat pause for cool crops. Keep irrigation up. Shade lettuce.

  8. August

    Fall / second-spring sowing: tomatoes in hot climates, greens everywhere.

  9. September

    Fall / second-spring sowing: tomatoes in hot climates, greens everywhere.

  10. October

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  11. November · now

    Succession sow. In this zone the constraint is water and heat, not frost.

  12. December

    Winter greens and herbs. This is a growing month here, not a rest month.

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The sow list

A note when it is time to sow

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