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howdy neighbor how is your garden growing today in my garden we’re going to be talking about the vegetables fruits flowers and tips to help you make the garden of your dreams right here in the Sunshine State and as always I’m going to be using my handy dandy wild Floridian garden planner you can pick it up at this link right here or the link at the end of the video so let’s first talk vegetables in the month of July when it comes to vegetables there’s kind of two things happening one if you want to be doing direct sewing or transplanting out into your vegetable garden it’s all about hot weather crops whether you live in North Central or South Florida you can be considering things like sweet potatoes Roselle okra lofa and seminal pumpkins now of course this makes sense because it’s July and it is so hot now when it comes to those hot weather crops that we just mentioned your strategy is going to be a little different depending on where you live if you live in North Florida I wouldn’t be starting any of these hot weather crops by seed at this point because your number of days left until you start getting cooler weather are quite numbered versus if you live in South Florida whether you going to start from seed or transplant you’re still good to go but for my North Floridians and my central Floridians one of the things that you really really really should be considering starting in the month of July is going to be your crops for your fall vegetable garden now I wouldn’t be starting these in the beginning of July but I definitely would be making sure that one I have all my seeds ready to go have all my seeds on order because we know with some of the companies it can take a couple weeks for them to get to our house two I have my seed trays my seed starting mix all ready to go so that mid Late July I can start my first round of seeds in trays when it comes to North and Central Florida you should be gearing up to do your warm weather crops it feels weird to say this even though it will still be so hot in July but when it comes to seeds and protected areas we’re getting ready for warm weather other crops so that means things like tomatoes peppers and beans can be started in trays in your covered areas at the end of July in preparation for transplanting in August and September now when it comes to buying seeds for those warm weather crops there’s a couple things you may want to consider as you’re getting ready to purchase some seeds one in the fall when it comes to tomatoes you can actually do some of the larger tomatoes so those who have been sticking with me most of the Year know that I kept saying over and over small variety small varieties you know your everglazed tomatoes and your cherry tomatoes and your grape tomatoes and your sweet 100 Tomatoes but when it comes to fall you can actually pick varieties that are a little bit bigger things that are going to be 4 oz 8 oz even up to 12 oz and the reason is is because when those tomatoes are getting ready to set fruit they’re going to be at the tail end of fall if not in early winter when they’re putting on the fruit when pest pressure is down the other thing that they’ll have is we’ll have much more even watering especially if you’re doing your own irrigation which which means you’re less likely to have things like splitting which can be a challenge you know when we go the second time around on warm weather crops this is also a great time of year if you’re thinking about Peppers to consider doing varieties that maybe aren’t just hot peppers while in the spring we’re looking for things that have natural defenses like Jalapenos in the fall similar to with the tomatoes because our pest pressure drops down so much you may want to consider things like doing a California wer or other varieties of bell typ peppers but I always like to suggest things like cubel because cubel it’s mild in flavor it can replace things like bell peppers and it often produces a much better Harvest than those bell peppers but if you have some varieties of warm weather crops and the Sea types that you’re going to be picking up go ahead and share in the comments down below so that everyone can know as they’re going and purchasing their seeds as we get ready for fall vegetable gardening now when it comes to fall vegetable gardening there is way more to do Beyond seed starting one is preparing your beds whether you have ra garden beds inground beds or you have container beds now is the time to start getting everything ready so that when we get into August and September you’re going to have your beds ready to go to transplant and Seed in place some of those cold weather crops if you’re looking for a whole list of like to-dos I just did a video where I went over tons of things you should be considering Todo so if you’re looking for a checklist to go ahead and check off go ahead and check out this video about your ultimate summer garden plan to help get you you ready to have a successful fall vegetable garden but one of the key things that you’ll want to do no matter whether you have ingr race or container beds is to refresh your soil if you’re not starting from scratch so grab some Bag soil pull the compost out of the compost bin go make sure that all the weeds are out and start getting ready so that your beds are ready to go another task that you might want to consider doing in especially Late July as we get ready for vegetable garden fall reset is relaying down mulch this goes well beyond even your vegetable beds even your flower beds all your Landscaping getting some fresh mulch down to start really knocking back some of the weeds that are coming really strong right now in the summertime would be a great time to do it though I highly highly recommend you avoid doing this most of the day and instead break it up into small pieces that you can do maybe after work now a tip for you whether you’re doing vegetable gardening flower gardening or any type of gardening is consider turning off your sprinklers in the month of July while have just gone through drought season and we are starting to get rains once your area starts to get regular rains it is important to turn those sprinklers off we’re at the time of year where we’re going to get easily 6 to 9 in which would be typical and normal and that means even though our water table’s low it’s super easy for our plants to basically drown I don’t know how many times I go driving through my neighborhood and it is literally raining and people sprinklers are running so take the time to go ahead and just turn your sprinklers off for the month of July so that one we can conserve water get more in the water table and two you don’t drown your plants now let’s talk fruits because we’re in the month of July the majority of the state can plant any types of fruit trees especially your tropical types for Central and South Florida whether you want to do bananas papayas mulberries or a variety of other types like pineapples gingers passion fruits sugar cane tropical spinaches all of these you can plant and get established really easily right now in the summertime and a tip to deal with your fruit at this time of the year if you already have tropical plants established things like bananas and papayas are starting to explode with growth so one of the things to consider is does any of it need to be pred also monitoring for Harvest these tropical plants are putting out a lot of harvest and at the same time we have some pretty intense storms rolling through so you’re going to want to check on your plants every few days especially if they’re producing Harvest because it isn’t unusual for you to have a sudden snap of a limb and there goes a bunch of your Harvest on the ground so you want to be prepared to be able to sweep it up very quickly one so you don’t attract Wildlife to your Harvest and two that you actually get it before the fruit flies now whether you’re going to be doing vegetable gardening or fruit gardening any of these things you really really need to consider doing some protection at this time of year we’re at UV index 12 if not peeking into 13 down in South Florida and the keys which means that within 15 minutes you are already taking on sun damage which means you should strongly consider making sure that you wear sunglasses hats long sleeves pants even when you’re doing gardening I know it’ll make you 10 times hotter and I know you’ll be sweating so much protecting your skin is really important at this time of year it does not take a lot of time for you to create a lot of damage which is why I go back to gardening very early in the day or very late in the day and for those who have to go to work all throughout the day that’s kind of the perfect time to go outside and not worry about the intensity of the sun it’s still hot it’s still humid but a little bit less so strongly consider going after 5:30 6: CL is kind of more the ideal time to reduce the impact of the environment on you and allow you to Garden a little bit longer now let’s talk flowers there are a lot of our tropical flowers that are blooming there’s a lot of our native blooms happening and there’s also something that you may want to consider doing to make your life a little bit easier during the summer time and it’s actually right behind me one of the main gardening Landscaping activities that puts people outside the majority of the time is mowing their lawn and Beyond mowing their lawn there are so many other activities from fertilizing which you shouldn’t be doing right now pesticides herbicides and so much more but one of the things you can do to become more environmentally friendly add flowers to your Gardens attract bees and attract butterflies and attract birds is add a lawn alternative and what you can actually see behind me is a frog fruit lawn banota Flora AKA our native frog fruit is a lawn alternative that uses less water can create a pretty significant green mat and is pretty easy to maintain I’ve been doing a lot of testing between this patch and another patch in my front yard to see what kind of combinations work best for me and of course I’ll be sharing those results but here in the backyard we have frog fruit mixed with water hisp and in the front yard we have Sunshine Mimosa mixed with frog fruit and if you want to learn more about lawn Alternatives that are native to Florida go ahead and check out this video right here here which I’ll add to our July Garden guide playlist now let’s talk about our big bold blooms for the month of July because while my lawn alternative has tons of tiny blooms they’re not you know you don’t really notice them from a distance but if you were looking for blooms that people would go wow what’s that there are some great tropical and semi-tropical plants that you should be considering adding to your garden if you live in north and Central Florida and South Florida everyone should consider adding our native fire bush you can grow it like a giant privacy hedge you can train it down as a lower hedge you can shape it up as a tree and put it in the middle of your butterfly garden there are a lot of different ways to use fire bush it attracts birds bees butterflies hummingbirds you want it you got it this plant is amazing and it’s hands down one of the favorites when it comes to Florida native plants for beginners so if you want to look for consistent blooms that of course can handle whether we have a drought year or a monsoon year l n or elino consider adding our native fire bush to your garden and if you want to learn more about it I’ll put an entire playlist on fire bush in our July Garden guide playlist that will be linked at the end now when it comes to a Florida friendly plus native plant that adds a lot of blooms to your garden consider hibiscus what’s amazing about hibiscus is it goes from everywhere from your Edible Garden all the way to just your classic flower gardens of course we have our native Scarlet hibiscus and our swamp rosem mow when it comes to our Florida friendly there’s a variety of different types of hibiscuses that can go into your garden everything from seminal hibiscus and when it comes to hibiscuses that are edible of course we have things like our Roselle our cranberry hibiscus and even Turks cap which is really yummy it’s kind of like a weird sugary salad this the best way I can describe it another plant that you will find blooming all across North and Central Florida is going of course be our native southern magnolia this has giant flowers and if you get the variety like the Sweet Bay you would also attract things like Eastern tiger swallow tailes when it comes to Florida friendly type Landscaping that blooms and has some pretty significant Blues it’s pretty common at this time of year to see things like crepe myrtles you’ll often see these all along Street lines and people’s yards they come from a variety of colors from white to Lavender to magenta pinks now when it comes to South Florida and some of the biggest boldest tropical Blooms of course Beyond just fire bush you can also add things like our Royal Pon Sienna is blooming at this time of year here are yellow ponen which is a totally different species if you’re looking for a bold tropical orange look for orange guer trees there is debate in the community on whether these are native or not if they are native they are only native to the Florida Keys even if they aren’t native they would be considered a Florida friendly tropical tree to add to your garden and beyond our Florida friendly hibiscuses if you’re looking for a very classic tropical look consider adding frangie pangy also known as plumeria to your garden now let’s talk a second about the blooms that are best attracting our bees our butterflies to your yard and are of the native wildflower variety here are some of the ones that are going to be the showstoppers that are in bloom in the month of July first off are cone flowers like orange cone flour and purple cone flour one of my favorites which is a tall Bloomer Joe pweed has been in bloom it puts out gorgeous pink blooms another one that actually seems to prefer this time of year and always looks so sad in winter time is Scorpion tail which I love this one because it’s not really great at big bold blooms but it is great at bringing in Predators specifically wasps into your garden no fear these are not yellow jackets but are tinier wasps that love to eat apids and all the things that eat the green leaves having this around your garden is amazing also at this time of year you’ll start to see our golden rods getting ready to do their big bursting Bloom which will probably happen more in August to September but strongly consider adding Golden Rod because it is a key plant in the migration of our monarch butterflies which will start going on the Move in August and September boy it is hot out and if you’re looking for more tips and ideas to keep you on track in your Florida garden go ahead and grab your wild fling garden planner from this link right here if you’re looking to learn more about everything from bananas to papayas to lawn Alternatives and more go ahead and check out our July Garden guide playlist right here tons of videos to help keep you on track throughout the month okay I’ll see you soon bye
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Love your enthusiasm and garden knowledge. This year is my first time growing luffa. So far I've got 3 on the vines😊.
👍 thanks for the reminder I’m going to order some seeds this weekend
Question, does frog fruit have a deep root system? Could I plant that over a septic field? And does it grow well in sand? I’ve heard you mentioned it a few times. I think that’s what I need.😂
I’m going to go back and watch that video that you just suggested I bet you the answers are in your video
Happy Florida Friday morning! In your book and some videos you talk about using your irrigation to water your veg garden. This is your reclaimed water? Do you use it on your fruiting veg plants? Is it not safe to use on things you eat?
Hi I have a question .whats the best way to treat a peach tree to get more fruit
Hello 👋🏼 when is the best time to trim a mango tree?
Something to consider about lawns or lawn alternatives is bees. If you have a lawn alternative, you will be helping bees (though a wildflower bed will do more). But if you like to walk barefoot through your yard in the evenings or have dogs that like to run, you are also increasing the chance of being stung. My last yard had mimosa growing in the turf area and in 7 years I was stung 3 times, my kids were stung once each and one of my dogs got stung a few times as well. So while I am reducing the amount of lawn in my new yard, I am leaving a fair amount to act as a safe space for bare feet.
And before someone jumps on me, yes, if you are working in your garden/yard, you should be wearing proper foot protection. I am purely talking about being leisurely in the garden.
I absolutely enjoy you and your videos! Can you talk about grubs in a video? I have progressively lost multiple scarlet black bean plants and, minus trying to dig them up, I just don't know what to do. Also, my coral honeysuckle is struggling, do you have a video specifically about that plant?
I am getting ready to start potatoes, peppers, and onions to grow in the Fall. I bought True potato seeds, and they take FOREVER to grow into plants large enough to transplant. I need to get some ground cover lawn alternatives too. I don't like mowing and I don't like watering my lawn. I want to save the water for my garden plants and such. I need to check out those videos you made about them again. Stay Cool! 😎
Excellent instruction! Thank you from Oviedo Florida!
I had two papaya trees die recently. They were hollow when they fell over. Have you ever had that happen? Any idea what was the problem? They were on the sunnier side of the house. I'm in central Florida 9b. Thanks.
Nobody ever talks about leaf, miners…. leaf miners, destroy the greens on all my tomatoes, constantly even my moringa trees and several other plants. What do you do????
Neem oil does nothing
Starting off slow this year, but will ramp up next year. Last month I planted Seminole pumpkins and got a banana tree. This month I’ll plant sunflowers and will transplant pineapples.
Question? Are you going to start posting more on TikTok? I saw your channel and followed but it was so small and you haven’t posted in two years. You should be able to grow your channel so much faster there.
New to Flordia (centeral) and your videos have been so helpful!
I have to ask my Seminole pumpkins look like a regular pumpkin its a perfectly round in shape with the typical top to bottom vertical lines I purchased the seeds on eBay I mean when I look at yours they are knoby and different shapes
9B Everglades tomatoes are paracorded 8’ High with daily harvest. 2 Serranos I planted from last year have a few peppers and tons of white flowers ready to go. Having my best year so far for minimal work hah.
Awesome! What zone are you in?
I’m new to planting sweet potatoes and collard greens. Do you have any suggestions on where I should purchase the seeds? I live in the Tampa area and I’ll be using an Earth Box.
I am installing a couple beds of native flowers and shrubs this year. Is now the best time? Or should I wait until after hurricane season?
You are the Besttttt!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
When can I grow watermelon in central fl and what kind do you think I could grow in a raised bed? Thank you!! 🎉😊
Anyone have any advice for keeping slugs and snails off vegetable plants during the rainy season?
We're finally get some rain. Looking forward to not having to water every evening. 😊
I enjoy most of your content, but not the nannying.
Lots of good advice. I just finished planting this week in Archer, Florida. The rest of the summer is watching sweet potatoes, peanuts, lady peas and Seminole pumpkins grow out. It's all we can do to keep peppers and okra picked. I'm actually dreading having to start Early Doll tomatoes in late July, but I can't miss fall tomato season.
CA 9b here but still enjoy your videos very much
Partridge pea…partridge pea….partridge pea…and oh yeah! Partridge pea! Native, blooming beautiful yellow flowers like crazy in drought or monsoon (started flowering early June in Citrus County), nitrogen fixer, attracts so many predator bugs from wasps to, host plant for Phoebus butterflies, and itll flower until winter! Excellent plant! I really recommend utilizing it.
Oh my gosh you shared Turks cap and that is the mystery bush that is all over my yard. I had no idea what it was. I thought it was some angels trumpet variety. It’s edible?
Love all the ideas, tips, and tricks! Question for you: in the past, I have grown hibiscus and never had a problem. Now, however, I can’t seem to get them to grow in the ground, and if they live, they don’t flourish. I know they need sun and like a lot of water, but even when they get these, most often I’m left with just a few sticks with very few leaves and flowers. My potted ones seem to do ok, so maybe my soil is not hibiscus friendly? Everything else seems fine.
I have a moringa tree and it is littered with bees everywhere, also makes a good tea
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge. I just moved to central Florida and found this so helpful. Will be subscribing and liking all your videos ❤
Just planted my ever-bearing mulberry! Can't wait to continue on my gardening adventures together with you ❤
You inspired me to grow Cubanelles (North Central FL) and they are prolific right now! Really like them.
Thanks for your knowledge!
Deltona FL in the house!!
Awesome video…thank you!
You are a treasure! TY!
I just cut my grass and put the cut grass in my beds I saw weeds mixed in it with seeds now I am nervous should I remove the clippings I don’t want weeds to grow in my beds I am in central Florida
Hey there! I am actually going to start trying to grow vegetables, just for my own personal use, not my channel. 😉😉. I am going to rely on your channel for the info. I need. I’m so excited to try growing my own food. 💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
Recommends sun protection*Films a 15 minute video in full sun 🌞 😅 just teasing you. I love your videos! 🩷🦩🌺 You have helped me so much with my Florida garden! Thank you!
I love your videos. Thank you for sharing you extensive knowledge on Florida gardening. You always answer all of my questions and more!