Vegetable Gardening in Florida

With full-color photographs and detailed expert advice, this affordable paperback describes how to grow abundant vegetables and edible herbs in gardens anywhere in Florida.

Preface

viii

Your Florida Garden

1

(1)

Selecting a Site

2

(2)

Location

2

(1)

Sunshine

3

(1)

Root competition

3

(1)

Soil

3

(1)

Planning the Garden

4

(10)

Selecting the vegetables

4

(1)

Paper plans

4

(6)

Succession planting (or multi-cropping)

10

(1)

Companion planting

10

(3)

Garden tools

13

(1)

Climatic and Weather Effects

14

(4)

Temperature effects

14

(2)

Frost protection

16

(2)

Soil Preparation And Management

18

(4)

Your garden soil

18

(1)

Soil preparation

18

(1)

Soil pH

19

(2)

Bedding

21

(1)

Grow boxes

21

(1)

Garden Fertilizers

22

(2)

Plant nutrients

22

(1)

Hunger signs

23

(1)

Table 1. Some common hanger signs in vegetables

23

(1)

Organic fertilizers

23

(1)

Using Garden Fertilizers

24

(2)

Application: amounts and methods

24

(1)

Table 2. Recommended amounts of fertilizer

24

(1)

Side-dressing

25

(1)

Fertilizing your legumes

25

(1)

Organic Matter

26

(4)

Benefits

26

(1)

Animal manures

26

(1)

Table 3. Composition of fresh manure with normal quantity of litter

27

(1)

Plant manures

28

(1)

Cover crops

29

(1)

Vermigardening

29

(1)

Alternative Gardening

30

(8)

Organic gardening

30

(1)

Growing vegetables without soil (hydroponics)

31

(1)

Table 4. Formula for preparing a general-purpose nutrient solution

32

(1)

Table 5. Formula for providing trace elements

32

(3)

Minigardening (growing vegetables in containers)

35

(3)

Seeding the Garden

38

(4)

Start with good seed

38

(1)

Tested varieties

38

(1)

Seed treatment

39

(1)

Planting the seed

40

(1)

Seed storage

41

(1)

Table 6. Groupings of seed longevity

41

(1)

Starting with Transplants

42

(4)

Advantages

42

(1)

Which vegetables to transplant

42

(1)

Growing transplants

42

(1)

Table 7. Vegetable transplantability

43

(1)

Transplanting suggestions

44

(1)

Starting with other plant parts

45

(1)

Care of the Garden

46

(6)

Thinning seedlings

46

(1)

Cultivation and weed control

46

(1)

Mulching

47

(2)

Supporting tall-growing crops

49

(1)

Tomato pruning

50

(1)

Watering the garden

50

(2)

Garden Insects

52

(10)

Insects that live in the soil

52

(1)

Insects that damage leaves and fruit

53

(5)

Managing insects

58

(4)

Garden Diseases

62

(4)

Diseases of roots and stems

62

(1)

Diseases of leaves

63

(1)

Diseases of fruit

64

(1)

Disease control

65

(1)

Other Pests

66

(4)

Nematodes

66

(2)

Birds, rodents, and other animals

68

(2)

Using Pesticides

70

(2)

Application of pesticides

70

(1)

Sprayers and spraying

70

(1)

Pesticide precautions

71

(1)

Individual Vegetable Crops

72

(26)

Herbs in the Florida Garden

98

(14)

Location and soil preparation

98

(1)

Propogation

98

(1)

Harvesting and curing herbs

99

(1)

Table 8. Herbs propagation information

100

(1)

Individual herbs

101

(11)

Harvesting, Storing, and Exhibiting Produce

112

(4)

Canning and freezing

112

(1)

Storing your produce

112

(1)

Exhibiting produce

113

(3)

Planting Guides

116

(10)

Index

126

(9)

Gardening Measurements

135

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Vegetable Gardening in Florida

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