Summer Vegetables

Florida summers are famously hot and humid, but that's no reason to give up on fresh vegetables from your own garden. There are vegetables that will grown in the Florida heat, including corn, green beans, melons, squash, sweet potatoes, southern peas, cherry tomatoes, and okra.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Gardening Calendar
• Latin and Carribbean Cultures Contribute Vegetables for Summer

UF/IFAS Publications

• Home and Garden Column: Summer Vegetable Gardening (PDF)
• Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
• Zucchini Squash Cucurbita pepo L.

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Fertilizing Your Vegetable Garden
• Maintaining the Vegetable Garden
• Spring Vegetable Gardening
• Vegetable Gardening: An Introduction

Other Sites

Some Vegetables Can't Take the Heat But Others Thrive--Louisiana AgCenter