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What can you grow now?
By Nathan Ballentine, Man in Overalls
In the Deep South we have a 12-month growing season. People joke that “our winter is July and August,” and December and January can be tough too — but plant in season and you can harvest something every month of the year, with far fewer crop-failure headaches.
Cool season plant Sep–Febarugula, broccoli, beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard, cilantro, collards, dill, fennel, garlic, green onions, kale, lettuce, mustards, parsley, parsnips, radishes, rutabagas, spinach, strawberries, turnipsOct · Nov · Dec · early Jan: bulbing onions, garlic, sugar snaps · Jan · Feb: Irish/red potatoes
Warm spring early March – mid Aprilarugula, bush beans, cucumbers, corn, oregano, peppers, rosemary, sunflowers, tomatoes, thyme, yellow (summer) squash, “winter” squash, zucchini
Hot summer May – Julybasil, callaloo (amaranth), eggplant, hot (or other small) peppers, pole beans, malabar spinach, okra, sweet potatoesFor the bold, there is a secret 4th season in late summer named “Second Spring.”
How much space do things need?
16 per square foot: carrots, radishes
9 per square foot: garlic, onions*
4 per square foot: arugula, beets, bush beans, lettuce, onions*, rutabagas, spinach, turnips*
1 per square foot: basil, broccoli*, cabbage*, callaloo/amaranth, cauliflower*, celery, cilantro, chard*, collards*, corn, dill, fennel, kale*, mustards*, okra, oregano, parsley, potatoes (Irish/red), rosemary (grows past 1 sq ft from year 2), strawberries, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes (determinate, staked & pruned), turnips*
1 per a little more than 1 sq ft (but under 4 sq ft — for example 9 plants in 4 ft × 4 ft): broccoli*, cabbage*, cauliflower*, chard*, collards*, eggplant, kale*, mustards*, peppers, tomatoes (basketed determinates, or well-staked and pruned indeterminates)
1 per 4–9 square feet: tomatoes (indeterminate), “winter” squash, yellow (summer) squash, zucchini
Go vertical — a trellis along the northern edge grows cucumbers (2 per sq ft), pole beans (2), malabar spinach (2), sugar snaps (4), winter squash (1).