Tower Garden Growing: Spring & Fall Gardening in Florida

If you feel lost this year about what spring and fall crops to plant or want to expand your already established list of options, you'll love my list of heat-tolerant varieties to grow in the Tower Garden. This list is a suitable guide for Tower Garden growing throughout ALL zones of Florida.

Remember: the Tower Garden keeps the plant's roots cooler, so you have wiggle room with what you can plant and when!

This list is appropriate for north, central, and south Florida.

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My List

TOMATOES

Witham's tomato collection

• Black Cherry Tomato

• Celebrity Tomato

PEPPERS

Whitwham's sweet peppers collection

• Lunchbox pepper

• Italian Bullhorn Sweet Peppers:

• Sweet Banana Peppers

• Jalapeno Peppers

CUCUMBERS

Marketmore cucumber collection

• Summer Dance (excellent for South Florida!)

• Calypso Pickling Cucumber

(If you are growing your Tower Garden in a spot where you don't have pollinators, then choose a 'greenhouse parthenocarpic cucumber,' like:)

• Diva

• Mini Me

  
  

SQUASH

• Desert Zucchini

• Squash-Aehobak Korean

• Dunja Zucchini (This is a good choice if growing on a screened-in patio/pool cage, as it does not require pollinators.)

  
  

SPINACH

• Kolibri (Spinach loves cold temperatures and can be planted from October through late February. I recommend this spinach as the best 'all weather' spinach I have grown. It is the least likely to bolt in the heat.)

  
  

CELERY

• Tall Utah

• Tango

BEANS AND PEAS (NOTE: I plant beans in spring and fall and peas in winter)

• Bush green beans

• Burgundy beans

• Green English Peas

• Snow Peas

LETTUCE

Whitwam's lettuce collection

• Romaine

• Starstruck Lettuce Mix

• Tomato Growers

  
  

GOOSEBERRIES

• Poha berries

BROCCOLI

• Piracicaba broccoli (This is heat-tolerant sprouting (similar to Chinese) broccoli from Brazil. See a video of it here)

• Green Magic Broccoli

GREENS

• Tokyo Bekana

• Arugula

• Pak Choi

• Mizuna

• Mustard

• Kale-Lacinato (Heirloom)

• Kale-Blue Curled (Heirloom)

HERBS

• Cilantro (Plant in Oct/Nov)

• Prospera® Basil (this is the best disease-resistant variety I have found)

• Chives

• Dill

• Lemon Basil

• Thai Basil

• Mint (remove the mint plant every month and trim the roots)

• Sage

• Oregano

MELONS

• Hakucho Cantaloupe

• Ginkaku Melon

• Ice Box Watermelon

EGGPLANT

• Florida Market

• Japanese-Long

• Japanese-Mizuno Takumi

• Chinese Bride

FLOWERS (for attracting pollinators and preventing pests)

• Red Gem Marigolds

• Calendula

• Coreopsis

• Marigold

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Remember, the Tower Garden can grow these plants and much more! Anything that is not a root veggie or a tree or shrub can be grown!

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Happy planting!

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~ Leah Brooks