I know this is old, but it came up on my sidebar, so I watched it. I live in Gainesville, and I tried all the "normal" garden plants when I first got here. I got so frustrated! Then I found some very old seeds of Talinum fruticosum (which is totally weedy), luffa, and someone sent me some yard-long beans. Then someone sent me chaya. My latest acquisition is potato mint, which seems to love it here. I also have yams, hyacinth beans, malabar spinach and everglades tomatoes growing. Last year I planted jerusalem artichokes and taro, but the taro didn't do to well. I just found two old seeds of velvet bean, and surprisingly, they both sprouted and are growing well. I have two figs growing in 10-gallon containers that are loaded with fruit even now in the summer. I have a cold-hardy orinoco banana that now has fruit on it. I have a volunteer papaya that somehow survived the winter, and now has blooms. I just planted some Homestead tomatoes, which I hear taste horrible, but thought I'd give them a try. I have six everglades growing out in a large six-pack, and just put three seedlings in the ground all planted together, where they can just sprawl and grow as they wish. I can't seem to get sweet potatoes to make roots, so I just grow them for the greens, which I mix with the chaya for pot greens. I had given up on vegetables until I tried the tropical veggies. Now I'm hooked, and will never go back to trying to grow a "normal" garden again.
I grow traditional vegetables year round in raised beds in zone 10. Summer.......... Okra ,potatoes, irish and sweet potatoes ( several varieties), 15 varieties of beans, garlic, onions, carrots, corn, squash, turnips, cauliflower, strawberries, fennel, mustard and collard greens etc. Winter............ tomatoes, many varieties of peppers, cucumbers, onions, carrots, squash, eggplants, pumpkins, broccoli, cabbage, chinese cabbage, brussels sprouts, and more corn. There's no need to torture yourself with Malabar spinach and yams that are difficult to find and have a "not so great" flavor. You can grow tons of delicious, nutritious food in the deep south.
With work, you can grow those vegetables, yes. And some of them are easier than others. Yams are delicious and very easy to grow - no torture at all. And raised beds really don't make sense in zone 10 + sand.
I am in the process of creating raised beds out of cinder block with masonry cement stucco'd that are really wide in the 8 foot range and will place a couple of 2x2 stepping stones on them. I also plan on doing muscadine pergola and underground drip irrigation and am hoping to figure out a way to make it automated with the well where I can add composted chicken tea manure into the system intravenously.
Maria Edwards you use well water? not to sound dumb or anything but how does that work for you? we've been thinking of digging a well for our garden but havent committed to it yet cause were afraid if itll ruin our veggies/fruit.
I'm getting in my fall garden now. This summer I had bushels of sweet potatoes, peanuts, black eyed peas, okra and purslane. I'm down here in the Tampa Bay area.
Started my first year of growing, working on some cayennes, picklebush cucumbers, mini pumpkins, roma tomatoes, and a few experimental trees from seeds. Only lost a few indoor transplants so far so I’m excited to put them in the soil and get some good food.
Just moved here from up north; I've given up growing traditional common garden vegetables; now learning and educating myself about what grows here; awesome content; new subscriber.
So glad I found you through Big Bear's podcast on Unauthorized. Finally getting my garden going again, though I've been a casual FL permaculturist for over a decade. Planted bananas today in a pile of half-rotted palm fronds, while binge-listening your streams. Cheers!
Dave is right, im in zone 10 of FL and have okra doing great, all I do is pickle it just watch for snails they'll eat every leaf off the plants at night. Sweet potato also dont even notice the heat here, plant your shoots and harvest 5 months later. I also have cherry tomato by burpee called sweet 100 that are heat resistant and do good, they keep self seeding too year after year. Oh peppers do good too jalipino and pepporchini are my favorite, stereotype bell tend to get sunburn. Then come late august or September I start winter planting strait seed outdoors. Cucumber, other tomato, broccoli, zucchini, squash... just space everything out at least to the minimum listed on your seed packet if not further so air can circulate through or you'll be fighting off gnats and fungi that'll give you headaches. Only last pro tip I learned is to mix your plants instead of grouping one type together, i'll be easier to fight off bugs and disease that wont spread from say zucchini to tomato for example and you can control it easier instead of loosing all your zuchini because they are all withing arms reach of one another.
Tampa FL, March I started when the kids came home for spring break and never went back to school. Sunflower, radishes, jalapeno, bush beans, tomatoes (it was already too hot) wild flowers (mexican sunflower, coreopsis, zenia, milkweed, black eyed susans). In June I pulled out the green beans and planted sweet potato to harvest in December, and cucumber that should be producing by August along with more pepper plants and dill. Stupid red paper wasps keep snatching all of my monarch butterfly larvae.
Duuuude. As a relatively new subscriber, I love your content. I am a native Floridian, living in Hawaii after 22 years Mil Service. Can't wait to get back. Had no idea you were a brother of the leaf. Cigars that is. Love it. My neighbors hate me. Love to see someone enjoying the value of a great cigar. A relaxing thoughtful moment with a great cigar is way under-rated for many reasons. Cigarettes are one of the most vile inventions ever, and many will not agree or even understand the difference. Couldn't agree more with growing in Florida that which will sustainably grow and flourish in Florida. It is an extreme that requires dealing with. Thank you for the channel, helps me to dream of my eventual return.
I've picked more then a thousand tomatoes from a single Everglades current tomato plant and the thing is still producing. The birds have planted them all over the property from other seasons.
I got my neighbor growing them too and this year the plants got some kind of bight with the silvery shriveled leaves like what attacks less hardy strains of I'm kinda bummed. I have plants in different areas on my lot that haven't been affected though. I guess nothing is bullet proof in the gardening world.
Unfortunately that's true. Spraying them with some thinned out compost tea will often help the mildew, however, as the balance of microorganisms will often knock out the blight.
@@auntbusy3899 I met a guy from Tampa on a garden forum years ago. He sent me a few seeds. I planted them once and never had to plant them again. They come up all over the place. I just transplant them to where I want them. You can get seeds online. Just do a search.
I turned 3 crops of spinach from November to February. Planting in the right time slot for these crops is key. Is that a cigar in your hand? Healthy eating and unhealthy smoking?
Thanks for watching. Florida gardening does not have to be difficult. I spent years testing crops until we found out what would grow with almost no work. Learn how to succeed today with my book Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening: amzn.to/3kGx9QD It will change your life! Also, if you're interested in digging deeper into Florida gardening and getting the calories to feed your family no matter what happens, then you should also grab my book Florida Survival Gardening: amzn.to/3tfMY4V Get my free composting booklet: www.thesurvivalgardener.com/simple-composting/ "Compost Your Enemies" T-shirts: www.aardvarktees.com/collections/vendors?q=The%20Survival%20Gardener
I’m unable to grow ingrown here in Ft Meyers because I live on a golf course. I can only grow in containers under my lanai. Can you give me any advice? I won’t have bees to help pollinate my fruit. Thanks for sharing 😊
My husband got me one gift for Christmas 2021 and that was your book. We’re from Texas and just relocated to Florida for his job. Where are you located? We just bought land in Lawtey. So ready to get my garden going!
I agree totally! Been trying for yrs. Have some luck since I'm in north Florida, but still the heat is brutal in the summer. Great Video my friend! I must get your book...Thank you!
Have wanted to start a garden for years, but never even really looked into it because I thought it'd be impossible here (Tampa). But after watching this vid, it seems completely doable!!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you so much for posting this!!! 🙏🙏 I'm going to buy the book too! 😁
I have problems moreso with tropical plants in Central Florida when the freeze hits in January - Early March...this year was so bad and it killed my oreganos. A lot of that is my own neglect because I didn't bother to cover the pants but I have taken notice that a lot of people still grow tropical plants here and they prosper through the winter because they use different techniques, like heating their yards with bonfires or planting the tropicals between other plants which will warm them up in the winter. I have read many different approaches hopefully I will figure out the one which will work best for the plants which I would like to grow.
My chaya took a couple of years to really take off, but I have three now that are growing well. One is huge, and the bees and butterflies love the flowers.
Here in the Panhandle of Florida & happen to come across a tube they led me to you! Got book yesterday from Amazon!!! Came to watch again & I was wondering were to get yucca to plant,
David, just found this video. I'm from South Africa. Those yams you talk about, what does the plant look like. I just moved to KZN province 7 weeks ago from Johannesburg and fruit trees and plants are just growing wild allover. I dig up the ones I know like mango, avocado, guava, etc. I am just going crazy with all these plants. Even that plant they use to make flour and tapioca
I appreciate the video, and will check into your book. I am so frustrated trying to grow things, that just when they are really taking off, either rot, fry, or are infested. Other youtubers, up north, have no idea, just how bad the ants, and bugs are here.
Nearly Organic Noshing most everyone tries tomato's to start w here & soon discover the terror of the root knot nematodes that love sugar sand & tomato roots n squash among others to varying degrees..as David said enriching ones soil is the best way to cut them back & typically takes some time so u could grow them in buckets until then..also save your shrimp shells as another type of beneficial nematode eats the chitin that the shells r made of which just so happens to b the same thing that the root knot nematodes exoskeleton is made of so they parasitize da baastads! another trick to really cut back on other pests esp aphids is to toss your banana peels around your plants..aphids hate them..stinkbugs that for some reason have become massive in my area..perhaps a byproduct of chemtrails lol but they r easy too control & kill w Dawn dish soap spray..about a half tbsp per quart n I also add cayenne or redpepper in old panty hose..not mine trust me that helps deter other vermin like grasshoppers which helps keep your crops organic which I don't ever use harsh chemicals..BT for worms & ones good to go..gl
That's a porcupine, not a yam, you do realise that? But yes, I think a whole lot of horticultural misery could be wiped out in a moment if people grew what wants to grow where they are!
you are so funny. a "giant porcupine". and its true thats what it looks like. those grow wild where I am in sw florida. We recently moved here and found them growing almost all over the area. including our place. wu huu.!
Growing the wrong plants in Florida..., this is something I've learned the hard way!!! Could you please do a video of the best TYPE of vegetables to grow in Florida? I've heard that okinawa spinach is one of the best to grow here instead of the typical kind of spinach you find at the grocery store. Is that true? I have no idea where I will find that kind of spinach but I'm on the search for it. Thanks so much!
Yes, you bet. I cover Florida vegetables in-depth in my book Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening, but I could do a quick primer on video. Thank you for watching.
Yeah I will be moving to florida in the fall and I know that it will be hard pluss also do you have seeds for sell so we would not have to source our own seeds
I will be posting this week at www.thesurvivalgardener.com on where to find seeds. Florida is a GREAT place to garden because of our long growing season. You'll do great if you have my book plus some seeds. Year-round food!
I look forward to buying your book! I'm buying land in South Georgia not far from Valdosta with the goal of putting in a food forest, and a lot of the growing advice I see applies more to North and Central Georgia than it does to South Georgia.
Thank You!! Just got your book on kindle and look forward to learning more. NW Florida here. Have two raised beds....amazing tomatoes, okra, greens, and potatoes so far. I am slowly learning the subtle differences a few weeks or months make in success/failure of planting some crops during different times of the year.
Hey, everyone! We are moving to north of Pensacola, FL to a 5 acres land. I checked the well water there pretty bad. Anyone knows if I watering the plants with that water those vegetables gonna accumulate the Arsene and other sh@t?
OK, Fine. However, the search that put your video at the top of the results list was for growing asparagus in growing zone 9. Unless I missed it, you didn't mention asparagus. So, for whatever the reason, I guess you listed it in your key words.
TH-cam must like me or something. I checked the key words - asparagus isn't even listed. I can help you, though. Asparagus will grow in Zone 9, but not nearly with the vigour it shows a bit farther north. People usually try "Mary Washington," but still... you mostly get little spears and weaker growth. They really miss the dormancy period. I have a feeling, however, that growing asparagus from seeds over time might lead to a better-adapted variety. It's happened with peaches, pears, beans... the genes might be waiting there for us. One nice asparagus alternative I used to eat all the time in North Florida was the native smilax. The young shoots often taste just like asparagus, which makes sense since they're a close relative. In the spring and fall I would gather bundles of the new shoots on walks and saute them in butter and garlic. Pretty darn close. Hope that helps. Thanks for stopping by and all the best. -David
I grow asparagus in zone 9b. I have it on the southeast corner of my house so it doesn't get fried in the summer. I have both purple and green varieties that I got at Home Depot believe it or not. We planted several crowns 8 years ago. We get spears mid February to the end of April. We cut all the fern back in January after we've had a couple of frosty mornings and top them off with a thick layer of composted cow manure and mulch, then wait. They start coming a few weeks later. Our last frost date is end of Feb., and that corner is somewhat protected from it, so we get a few decent cuttings before it gets too hot again.
We are next to the Space Center. I love my swamp. Our pond and rain water save most plants. We drive over the road and can be gone for weeks. Then I had breast cancer and now the longest we are gone is 5 days. Need to ramp this system up to feed the fools around us. Not sure. Thinking maybe a greenhouse with auto water. Using the old style awning window without screens could give us a little more control. Trust me we know if God isn’t in it, we don’t want to be. Asking your thoughts.
From the panhandle to the keys, Florida is very diverse. I am struggling to grow a garden near Orlando. Lots of sand and diseases and not much freezing. Do you feel the info you provide would be useful here also?
Bill I am on the gulf coast and have a ton of sand. Sand = nematodes so you have to ammend the soil. You probably don't want to hear this, but you need to find a local boarding place, cow farm, etc where you can get a lot of manure for cheap. Then go by your local composting and get a truck load of compost. Mix the two and whola, your farming. Get a cheap tiller, till it in then keep adding to it vs having to double dig. Try and find a spot with afternoon shade at about the 3-4 pm mark. You can use chain link, lattice, pergolas, etc and grow things like confederate jassimine up them if you don't have a spot for shade. Research UF and PLAY TO YOUR MICROCLIMATES.
@@davidthegood thank you so much! I am really struggling to grow a lot of "normal" stuff here, I am trying to get used to fruits I have never eaten before.
Thanks for the tips. I need help growing bell and cubanelle peppers. Buy them nice, plant them and after a while the leaves schrible and warp. Yield is weak. Orlando area. Not sure what I am doing wrong?
I needed this as I’ve failed except for ‘green peppers ‘ (The red or yellow were eaten by bugs🌶) outside..All the rest rotted...🙁 Is that a bird screeching?
sparr,? i built the sparr tractor and farm supply store, about a mile from 301...i live in inverness... is that a big ass dubby in your fingers? lol yes i agree with your planting tactics, i'm just learning this!
Thank you, Trish. You can also find a lot of ideas on my website if you search for "Florida gardening." The site is: www.thesurvivalgardener.com. Florida is a wonderful place to garden - ask questions any time.
Hi, David! How are you! I thought you were moving to South Florida...are you still up in northern FL? Have you tried to grow the molokia spinach yet? I'm growing the Okinawan spinach down here and it's doing great!
+pipgal Still working on moving south - soon! I haven't tried the molokai spinach yet but have heard good things about it. Very glad your Okinawa spinach is doing great. I like the way it tastes.
Great presentation. I'm new to gardening and I am a bit confused about south florida 10a "reverse" season. I have started seedlings of chili peppers, eggplants and tomatoes indoor that have sprouted in late May. Does that mean I will not be able to transplant outside? How about containers with 30 percent shade? Am I suppose to kill my new seedlings and wait till summer is over? Any help will be much appreciated.
paolo tandiama How did it go with your seedlings? I star tomatos in august in pots , the few that made it when Miami winter comes grow big , same with the sweet peppers. I grow many edible plants and fruit trees.
I left banks of weeds and flowers for the predatory species to live in through the year and I quit knocking down wasp nests. Wasps eat a lot of caterpillars.
African yams, chaya, mangoes, jabuticaba, cherry of the rio grande, cassava... you have tons of great things you can grow. Go visit ECHO in Ft. Myers for inspiration. Seriously - go do it!
Love all your videos and advise, but I have a question. Why do you state in your book, 'Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening', not to use 'Equine' manure as opposed to any other type?
+Heather McLean Horse manure will feed a garden nicely; however, because their digestion is less rigorous than most other ruminants, the level of weed seeds that end up in the garden can be incredible. I've had friends who tilled it in and ended up with a carpet of weeds, including species that were quite hard to eradicate. Spiny pigweed, for instance. You can still use horse manure, just make sure you compost it first or keep it below a layer of mulch or soil... once spread around, it can really create a weedy nightmare. Another thing: don't use any horse, cow or other ruminant manure without knowing for sure if it's totally herbicide free. Many fields and most hay fields are being sprayed with persistent herbicides that will wreck your garden for years if the grass/hay is consumed by the animals. The manure still holds it and it doesn't break down.
Just there is no misunderstanding; There is no one growing environment in Florida! Florida extends from frozen tundra in its north to no freeze in the southern end. Many things that grow well in Orlando will not grow well in Naples! The season is shorter in the north due to freezing and the season is shorter in the south due to heat! Just be sure to understand the difference! Drive around your area and figure out what grows locally and what time of year!
+CossieWill - Totally - great location. I'd first ID all edible and useful species on the property and work around them, then start adding lots of fruit and nut trees, plus edible palms, shrubs, vines, etc. Let it go wild around the edges, then plant gardens in the most trafficked places where you'll be watching. If you're off-property, stick to perennials and lots of trees with maybe throwing some seeds around to see if you can get anything to take.
Im in Bradenton, Fla central west coast and been growing on my 6 acres but its hard at times. Right now the dumb rain is here. I was born here in Florida and will have to check out your book.
I know this is old, but it came up on my sidebar, so I watched it. I live in Gainesville, and I tried all the "normal" garden plants when I first got here. I got so frustrated! Then I found some very old seeds of Talinum fruticosum (which is totally weedy), luffa, and someone sent me some yard-long beans. Then someone sent me chaya. My latest acquisition is potato mint, which seems to love it here. I also have yams, hyacinth beans, malabar spinach and everglades tomatoes growing. Last year I planted jerusalem artichokes and taro, but the taro didn't do to well. I just found two old seeds of velvet bean, and surprisingly, they both sprouted and are growing well. I have two figs growing in 10-gallon containers that are loaded with fruit even now in the summer. I have a cold-hardy orinoco banana that now has fruit on it. I have a volunteer papaya that somehow survived the winter, and now has blooms. I just planted some Homestead tomatoes, which I hear taste horrible, but thought I'd give them a try. I have six everglades growing out in a large six-pack, and just put three seedlings in the ground all planted together, where they can just sprawl and grow as they wish. I can't seem to get sweet potatoes to make roots, so I just grow them for the greens, which I mix with the chaya for pot greens.
I had given up on vegetables until I tried the tropical veggies. Now I'm hooked, and will never go back to trying to grow a "normal" garden again.
Good work. That's the way to do it.
I grow traditional vegetables year round in raised beds in zone 10.
Summer.......... Okra ,potatoes, irish and sweet potatoes ( several varieties), 15 varieties of beans, garlic, onions, carrots, corn, squash, turnips, cauliflower, strawberries, fennel, mustard and collard greens etc.
Winter............ tomatoes, many varieties of peppers, cucumbers, onions, carrots, squash, eggplants, pumpkins, broccoli, cabbage, chinese cabbage, brussels sprouts, and more corn.
There's no need to torture yourself with Malabar spinach and yams that are difficult to find and have a "not so great" flavor.
You can grow tons of delicious, nutritious food in the deep south.
With work, you can grow those vegetables, yes. And some of them are easier than others. Yams are delicious and very easy to grow - no torture at all.
And raised beds really don't make sense in zone 10 + sand.
I am in the process of creating raised beds out of cinder block with masonry cement stucco'd that are really wide in the 8 foot range and will place a couple of 2x2 stepping stones on them. I also plan on doing muscadine pergola and underground drip irrigation and am hoping to figure out a way to make it automated with the well where I can add composted chicken tea manure into the system intravenously.
We need raised beds in Zone 11 (Florida Keys) as well!
Maria Edwards you use well water? not to sound dumb or anything but how does that work for you? we've been thinking of digging a well for our garden but havent committed to it yet cause were afraid if itll ruin our veggies/fruit.
Im zone 10 as well. Tons of disease and bugs but I manage to grow year round in stages.
I'm getting in my fall garden now. This summer I had bushels of sweet potatoes, peanuts, black eyed peas, okra and purslane. I'm down here in the Tampa Bay area.
Knock it out! You should do great. You picked the right crops for summer.
Steven Ryle in Tampa as well! When did you start your peanuts? Do they yield much in our climate?
@@nourat0w3l95
Shishito peppers are doing great in the Tampa heat.
Awesome man same here! Question where did you get the sweet potatoes from to plant? Are they like growing regular potatoes?
That bird chirp is driving me crazy.
It’s a damn cricket 🦗.
@@lordeedoort9882 0:57 + 1:52 etc LOUD bird
@ 3:18 when David said just a second I thought he was getting a shotgun for the bird lol
Started my first year of growing, working on some cayennes, picklebush cucumbers, mini pumpkins, roma tomatoes, and a few experimental trees from seeds. Only lost a few indoor transplants so far so I’m excited to put them in the soil and get some good food.
Excellent.
Just moved here from up north; I've given up growing traditional common garden vegetables; now learning and educating myself about what grows here; awesome content; new subscriber.
Welcome, B!
"Yankee plants" Bwahaha
I know! I lost it at Yankee Plants!
You have a great sense of humour.
So glad I found you through Big Bear's podcast on Unauthorized. Finally getting my garden going again, though I've been a casual FL permaculturist for over a decade. Planted bananas today in a pile of half-rotted palm fronds, while binge-listening your streams. Cheers!
Good work.
The main problem I'm having in South Florida is the insane heat!
Right now it's tough. Plant yard-long beans and okra - they'll take it!
Dave is right, im in zone 10 of FL and have okra doing great, all I do is pickle it just watch for snails they'll eat every leaf off the plants at night. Sweet potato also dont even notice the heat here, plant your shoots and harvest 5 months later. I also have cherry tomato by burpee called sweet 100 that are heat resistant and do good, they keep self seeding too year after year. Oh peppers do good too jalipino and pepporchini are my favorite, stereotype bell tend to get sunburn. Then come late august or September I start winter planting strait seed outdoors. Cucumber, other tomato, broccoli, zucchini, squash... just space everything out at least to the minimum listed on your seed packet if not further so air can circulate through or you'll be fighting off gnats and fungi that'll give you headaches. Only last pro tip I learned is to mix your plants instead of grouping one type together, i'll be easier to fight off bugs and disease that wont spread from say zucchini to tomato for example and you can control it easier instead of loosing all your zuchini because they are all withing arms reach of one another.
at noon when its worst just turn on the sprinklers every 15 minutes wil cool it down fine.
Plant tropicals, guanabana jack fruit mangosteen lango starfruit cashew apple cocoa
@@blueorchid2467 cocoa didn’t work for me in south Fl, and I really tried a few times 🙃
Tampa FL, March I started when the kids came home for spring break and never went back to school. Sunflower, radishes, jalapeno, bush beans, tomatoes (it was already too hot) wild flowers (mexican sunflower, coreopsis, zenia, milkweed, black eyed susans). In June I pulled out the green beans and planted sweet potato to harvest in December, and cucumber that should be producing by August along with more pepper plants and dill. Stupid red paper wasps keep snatching all of my monarch butterfly larvae.
At least the wasps also kill pest caterpillars in the garden.
@@davidthegood The wasps seemed to leave the bean leaf roller caterpillars alone... And one stung my foot... I'm not a fan.
Duuuude. As a relatively new subscriber, I love your content. I am a native Floridian, living in Hawaii after 22 years Mil Service. Can't wait to get back. Had no idea you were a brother of the leaf. Cigars that is. Love it. My neighbors hate me. Love to see someone enjoying the value of a great cigar. A relaxing thoughtful moment with a great cigar is way under-rated for many reasons. Cigarettes are one of the most vile inventions ever, and many will not agree or even understand the difference. Couldn't agree more with growing in Florida that which will sustainably grow and flourish in Florida. It is an extreme that requires dealing with. Thank you for the channel, helps me to dream of my eventual return.
Thank you, Joe.
I've picked more then a thousand tomatoes from a single Everglades current tomato plant and the thing is still producing. The birds have planted them all over the property from other seasons.
That's the kind of plant to grow!
I got my neighbor growing them too and this year the plants got some kind of bight with the silvery shriveled leaves like what attacks less hardy strains of I'm kinda bummed. I have plants in different areas on my lot that haven't been affected though. I guess nothing is bullet proof in the gardening world.
Unfortunately that's true. Spraying them with some thinned out compost tea will often help the mildew, however, as the balance of microorganisms will often knock out the blight.
CaptTurbo ..where do you find these mystical everglades tomatoes? 🍅🍅🍅
@@auntbusy3899 I met a guy from Tampa on a garden forum years ago. He sent me a few seeds. I planted them once and never had to plant them again. They come up all over the place. I just transplant them to where I want them. You can get seeds online. Just do a search.
Love this! Might even buy your book on Amazon.
Yankee Plants - Band name
Yankee plants are the ones you gotta yank out in december
Just stumbled into this video, interesting take you have there. Noticed you never hit the cigar, was it even lit????
I just moved to Ft Meyers, I don’t think we get frost be I’m doing my research. Thanks for sharing 😊
I turned 3 crops of spinach from November to February. Planting in the right time slot for these crops is key. Is that a cigar in your hand? Healthy eating and unhealthy smoking?
Thanks for watching.
Florida gardening does not have to be difficult. I spent years testing crops until we found out what would grow with almost no work. Learn how to succeed today with my book Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening: amzn.to/3kGx9QD It will change your life!
Also, if you're interested in digging deeper into Florida gardening and getting the calories to feed your family no matter what happens, then you should also grab my book Florida Survival Gardening: amzn.to/3tfMY4V
Get my free composting booklet: www.thesurvivalgardener.com/simple-composting/
"Compost Your Enemies" T-shirts: www.aardvarktees.com/collections/vendors?q=The%20Survival%20Gardener
I’m unable to grow ingrown here in Ft Meyers because I live on a golf course. I can only grow in containers under my lanai. Can you give me any advice? I won’t have bees to help pollinate my fruit. Thanks for sharing 😊
My husband got me one gift for Christmas 2021 and that was your book.
We’re from Texas and just relocated to Florida for his job.
Where are you located? We just bought land in Lawtey.
So ready to get my garden going!
I agree totally! Been trying for yrs. Have some luck since I'm in north Florida, but still the heat is brutal in the summer. Great Video my friend! I must get your book...Thank you!
" What vegetable is not allowed on ships? Leeks."
" Did you hear about the roommate who woke up to a spicy toothbrush? He had it cumin."
You are my best friend. Cocoa, fl representing thanks
Titusville here
Michael Burns Winter Park , FL here!
This is true. Plant what grows here. However, we grow okra, beans, tomatoes and we have even grown corn.
Have wanted to start a garden for years, but never even really looked into it because I thought it'd be impossible here (Tampa). But after watching this vid, it seems completely doable!!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you so much for posting this!!! 🙏🙏 I'm going to buy the book too! 😁
You can do it!
I have problems moreso with tropical plants in Central Florida when the freeze hits in January - Early March...this year was so bad and it killed my oreganos. A lot of that is my own neglect because I didn't bother to cover the pants but I have taken notice that a lot of people still grow tropical plants here and they prosper through the winter because they use different techniques, like heating their yards with bonfires or planting the tropicals between other plants which will warm them up in the winter. I have read many different approaches hopefully I will figure out the one which will work best for the plants which I would like to grow.
You ain't lying about Chaya, stuff is delicious. I've lined my whole property line perimeter with it.
My chaya took a couple of years to really take off, but I have three now that are growing well. One is huge, and the bees and butterflies love the flowers.
Where did you get your Chaya plant? Did you grow it from seed?
@@lauramorris4632 I bought 5 pounds of organic Chia seed sure hope it's the same thing.
Here in the Panhandle of Florida & happen to come across a tube they led me to you! Got book yesterday from Amazon!!! Came to watch again & I was wondering were to get yucca to plant,
David, just found this video. I'm from South Africa. Those yams you talk about, what does the plant look like. I just moved to KZN province 7 weeks ago from Johannesburg and fruit trees and plants are just growing wild allover. I dig up the ones I know like mango, avocado, guava, etc. I am just going crazy with all these plants. Even that plant they use to make flour and tapioca
Just ordered you book- thank you!
Thank you.
Yankee plants- I got a laugh! Thanks for this video!
We need to take care of the soil
You were so young looking back then!
I appreciate the video, and will check into your book. I am so frustrated trying to grow things, that just when they are really taking off, either rot, fry, or are infested. Other youtubers, up north, have no idea, just how bad the ants, and bugs are here.
Thank you - you are very right. It's a different world. Very rewarding, though, when you have the right crops and attitude. I love Florida.
Nearly Organic Noshing most everyone tries tomato's to start w here & soon discover the terror of the root knot nematodes that love sugar sand & tomato roots n squash among others to varying degrees..as David said enriching ones soil is the best way to cut them back & typically takes some time so u could grow them in buckets until then..also save your shrimp shells as another type of beneficial nematode eats the chitin that the shells r made of which just so happens to b the same thing that the root knot nematodes exoskeleton is made of so they parasitize da baastads! another trick to really cut back on other pests esp aphids is to toss your banana peels around your plants..aphids hate them..stinkbugs that for some reason have become massive in my area..perhaps a byproduct of chemtrails lol but they r easy too control & kill w Dawn dish soap spray..about a half tbsp per quart n I also add cayenne or redpepper in old panty hose..not mine trust me that helps deter other vermin like grasshoppers which helps keep your crops organic which I don't ever use harsh chemicals..BT for worms & ones good to go..gl
That's a porcupine, not a yam, you do realise that?
But yes, I think a whole lot of horticultural misery could be wiped out in a moment if people grew what wants to grow where they are!
+Perma Pen LOL - you're right on both points.
you are so funny. a "giant porcupine". and its true thats what it looks like. those grow wild where I am in sw florida. We recently moved here and found them growing almost all over the area. including our place. wu huu.!
Perma Pen UK that’s applies to anywhere not just Florida
Growing the wrong plants in Florida..., this is something I've learned the hard way!!! Could you please do a video of the best TYPE of vegetables to grow in Florida? I've heard that okinawa spinach is one of the best to grow here instead of the typical kind of spinach you find at the grocery store. Is that true? I have no idea where I will find that kind of spinach but I'm on the search for it. Thanks so much!
Yes, you bet. I cover Florida vegetables in-depth in my book Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening, but I could do a quick primer on video. Thank you for watching.
Yeah I will be moving to florida in the fall and I know that it will be hard pluss also do you have seeds for sell so we would not have to source our own seeds
I will be posting this week at www.thesurvivalgardener.com on where to find seeds. Florida is a GREAT place to garden because of our long growing season. You'll do great if you have my book plus some seeds. Year-round food!
I look forward to buying your book! I'm buying land in South Georgia not far from Valdosta with the goal of putting in a food forest, and a lot of the growing advice I see applies more to North and Central Georgia than it does to South Georgia.
Im in East central Florida and also planing to buy land near Valdosta next year
🤗💜💜💜Marfoogle recommended your channel tonight...subscribed by a fellow Floridian...near Tarpon Springs
Welcome, Connie.
This was the most vague super helpful explanation ive ever heard
Thank you I think
Thank You!! Just got your book on kindle and look forward to learning more. NW Florida here. Have two raised beds....amazing tomatoes, okra, greens, and potatoes so far. I am slowly learning the subtle differences a few weeks or months make in success/failure of planting some crops during different times of the year.
Can you grow any food on a balcony with north exposure on the ocean east coast?
Can you do a video on Miami plants?
David the Good....you are a God send!!!!
+ruth crawford Thank you, Ruth - that's very kind.
I just started reading your book. I could hear your voice in the words 😂
Where do you get Chaya? And some of the other more foreign plants? Do you start them from seed?
I live in Jacksonville and grow bananas guava and pineapples!
The thermal mass of the ocean makes a big difference. If you head to the center of the state, frost events are much worse.
Are you northern Florida? Does it freeze in Central Florida?
David, could you please tell me what kind of persimmon tree I should plant as a pollinator for my persimmon? thank you so much.
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Thoroughly enjoyed your video!
Hey, everyone! We are moving to north of Pensacola, FL to a 5 acres land. I checked the well water there pretty bad. Anyone knows if I watering the plants with that water those vegetables gonna accumulate the Arsene and other sh@t?
Thank you for this, I now have a very evil Grinch smile! mwahahahahaha! I just bought 3 of your books, so lets do this!
OK, Fine. However, the search that put your video at the top of the results list was for growing asparagus in growing zone 9.
Unless I missed it, you didn't mention asparagus. So, for whatever the reason, I guess you listed it in your key words.
TH-cam must like me or something. I checked the key words - asparagus isn't even listed.
I can help you, though.
Asparagus will grow in Zone 9, but not nearly with the vigour it shows a bit farther north. People usually try "Mary Washington," but still... you mostly get little spears and weaker growth. They really miss the dormancy period.
I have a feeling, however, that growing asparagus from seeds over time might lead to a better-adapted variety. It's happened with peaches, pears, beans... the genes might be waiting there for us.
One nice asparagus alternative I used to eat all the time in North Florida was the native smilax. The young shoots often taste just like asparagus, which makes sense since they're a close relative. In the spring and fall I would gather bundles of the new shoots on walks and saute them in butter and garlic. Pretty darn close.
Hope that helps. Thanks for stopping by and all the best.
-David
I grow asparagus in zone 9b. I have it on the southeast corner of my house so it doesn't get fried in the summer. I have both purple and green varieties that I got at Home Depot believe it or not. We planted several crowns 8 years ago. We get spears mid February to the end of April. We cut all the fern back in January after we've had a couple of frosty mornings and top them off with a thick layer of composted cow manure and mulch, then wait. They start coming a few weeks later. Our last frost date is end of Feb., and that corner is somewhat protected from it, so we get a few decent cuttings before it gets too hot again.
That’s a big joint man
Dominican.
We are next to the Space Center. I love my swamp. Our pond and rain water save most plants. We drive over the road and can be gone for weeks. Then I had breast cancer and now the longest we are gone is 5 days. Need to ramp this system up to feed the fools around us. Not sure. Thinking maybe a greenhouse with auto water. Using the old style awning window without screens could give us a little more control. Trust me we know if God isn’t in it, we don’t want to be. Asking your thoughts.
This is great. But where do you buy/get seeds for this stuff? The stores in S FL have seeds I use to plant in Michigan. And that isn’t going to work!!
There are a bunch of online seed companies that have all different kinds of varieties.
Dude hit that cigar...too late it’s out..
Ain't that the truth!! I need mesh nets to keep the stink bug and worms out!
Everything I grow here grows so well! I.love this state.
Just bought a couple of your books and I plan on buying them all! :) Thanks! (We are in central Florida)
Thank you very much.
From the panhandle to the keys, Florida is very diverse. I am struggling to grow a garden near Orlando. Lots of sand and diseases and not much freezing. Do you feel the info you provide would be useful here also?
Bill I am on the gulf coast and have a ton of sand. Sand = nematodes so you have to ammend the soil. You probably don't want to hear this, but you need to find a local boarding place, cow farm, etc where you can get a lot of manure for cheap. Then go by your local composting and get a truck load of compost. Mix the two and whola, your farming. Get a cheap tiller, till it in then keep adding to it vs having to double dig. Try and find a spot with afternoon shade at about the 3-4 pm mark. You can use chain link, lattice, pergolas, etc and grow things like confederate jassimine up them if you don't have a spot for shade. Research UF and PLAY TO YOUR MICROCLIMATES.
Hey David. I live between Jacksonville and Gainesville. Can i grow mango this far north
daniel johnson You can try in a huge pot ,keep nice and trim cover if too cold.
Very informative -You are spot on and I appreciate the videos !
What would you suggest for semitropical sandy salty hot drought prone areas like Daytona?
I will answer in today's video.
@@davidthegood thank you so much! I am really struggling to grow a lot of "normal" stuff here, I am trying to get used to fruits I have never eaten before.
Thanks for the tips. I need help growing bell and cubanelle peppers. Buy them nice, plant them and after a while the leaves schrible and warp. Yield is weak. Orlando area. Not sure what I am doing wrong?
Same for me in Orlando, the bell pepper plants look good but no yield.
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where do you get your seeds? I also live in Florida and want to start growing food.
Home depot
Walmart
HI there, planning to move to central Fla, how are you doing with your gardening? what works, what does not? thanks!
Great video and makes perfect sense. I must order your book and visit your site.
I needed this as I’ve failed except for ‘green peppers ‘ (The red or yellow were eaten by bugs🌶) outside..All the rest rotted...🙁
Is that a bird screeching?
Try Cubanelle and Ancho peppers. They grow well for me here and are very tasty.
We need one of you up and over here in Oregon! Where I live we only had one hard freeze, it lasted about 2 weeks, other than that cold rain☺️🌧
I'm in Mojave desert
What about adding clay to Florida’s sandy soil?
I think it is a good idea. Especially mixed with compost.
David what town in Florida are you in that you grow I'm looking at Pensacola my dad lives in Englewood..
When I did this video I was in the little town of Sparr. Now I live near the equator. Pensacola is nice.
sparr,? i built the sparr tractor and farm supply store, about a mile from 301...i live in inverness... is that a big ass dubby in your fingers? lol yes i agree with your planting tactics, i'm just learning this!
I needed this video
Thank you - I hope you do well. Florida is a great place to grow.
Definitely came in hand thanks David
and i just bought some kind of heirloom beef steak tomato >:(
I'm in north west florida though.... maybe it wont be a waste of money.
So true. Why fight nature. @ homesteading in Florida
I’m gonna need that book
Haha!! So true!! I have your book in my amazon cart. Getting it ordered. Thank you.
Thank you, Trish. You can also find a lot of ideas on my website if you search for "Florida gardening." The site is: www.thesurvivalgardener.com. Florida is a wonderful place to garden - ask questions any time.
Ive been here for 8 years and have come to the conclusion that hydroponic is the way to go
Where in Florida do you live?
I love this!
Hi, David! How are you! I thought you were moving to South Florida...are you still up in northern FL? Have you tried to grow the molokia spinach yet? I'm growing the Okinawan spinach down here and it's doing great!
+pipgal Still working on moving south - soon! I haven't tried the molokai spinach yet but have heard good things about it. Very glad your Okinawa spinach is doing great. I like the way it tastes.
Great presentation. I'm new to gardening and I am a bit confused about south florida 10a "reverse" season. I have started seedlings of chili peppers, eggplants and tomatoes indoor that have sprouted in late May. Does that mean I will not be able to transplant outside? How about containers with 30 percent shade? Am I suppose to kill my new seedlings and wait till summer is over? Any help will be much appreciated.
paolo tandiama How did it go with your seedlings? I star tomatos in august in pots , the few that made it when Miami winter comes grow big , same with the sweet peppers. I grow many edible plants and fruit trees.
how do you get rid of BUGS?
I left banks of weeds and flowers for the predatory species to live in through the year and I quit knocking down wasp nests. Wasps eat a lot of caterpillars.
I finished your book yesterday, good info but got it new from amazon and the pages were all falling out.
Oh dear. I do not know why that would be the case. I have some copies that are solid. Maybe they changed printers. Can you contact amazon?
Thanks!
What grows in semi tropical area like Cape Coral
African yams, chaya, mangoes, jabuticaba, cherry of the rio grande, cassava... you have tons of great things you can grow. Go visit ECHO in Ft. Myers for inspiration. Seriously - go do it!
Where do I find all this stuff
Look for permaculture meetup groups and gardening clubs.
@@davidthegood thanks
Love all your videos and advise, but I have a question. Why do you state in your book, 'Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening', not to use 'Equine' manure as opposed to any other type?
+Heather McLean Horse manure will feed a garden nicely; however, because their digestion is less rigorous than most other ruminants, the level of weed seeds that end up in the garden can be incredible. I've had friends who tilled it in and ended up with a carpet of weeds, including species that were quite hard to eradicate. Spiny pigweed, for instance. You can still use horse manure, just make sure you compost it first or keep it below a layer of mulch or soil... once spread around, it can really create a weedy nightmare.
Another thing: don't use any horse, cow or other ruminant manure without knowing for sure if it's totally herbicide free. Many fields and most hay fields are being sprayed with persistent herbicides that will wreck your garden for years if the grass/hay is consumed by the animals. The manure still holds it and it doesn't break down.
You are so right about Horse manure. I have had people that wanted to give theirs from their horses and I said no thanks.
Wow I like this guy
Truth! You da man!
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Just there is no misunderstanding; There is no one growing environment in Florida! Florida extends from frozen tundra in its north to no freeze in the southern end. Many things that grow well in Orlando will not grow well in Naples! The season is shorter in the north due to freezing and the season is shorter in the south due to heat! Just be sure to understand the difference! Drive around your area and figure out what grows locally and what time of year!
You're absolutely right.
Thanks dude!
You bet - thank you for stopping by.
Thanks
LMFAO this is so great i love your great REVEAL man... Im freaking subscribing!
Thank you - welcome.
I have a few acres of land on south Florida near the everglades. Could this be done on scale?
+CossieWill - Totally - great location. I'd first ID all edible and useful species on the property and work around them, then start adding lots of fruit and nut trees, plus edible palms, shrubs, vines, etc. Let it go wild around the edges, then plant gardens in the most trafficked places where you'll be watching. If you're off-property, stick to perennials and lots of trees with maybe throwing some seeds around to see if you can get anything to take.
Im in Bradenton, Fla central west coast and been growing on my 6 acres but its hard at times. Right now the dumb rain is here. I was born here in Florida and will have to check out your book.
Secret is patience
What area in Florida do you have your garden.
Just North of Ocala in this vid.