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Southeast Florida gardening experiment

veganbob
10 years ago

Post includes my list of seeds and beds built so far. Square foot garden method. Mel's mix as best as I can.

I built 3 4x8 beds, 3 4x4 beds, and have 3 2x4 beds all ready for mel's mix.

I have 2 4x8s with full sun, a 4x8 and a 4x4 with sun from morning til around 3 or 4, and the rest in about half day sun (4 to 5 hours) with a fairly reflective mobile home side about 10 feet from them, reflecting the rest of the days sun's energy.

Going to hand water at first until I can figure drip or soaker....tap water with a boogie brew filter until I can get my rain barrels (city of deerfield is selling them for 10 bucks, 55 gallon...not sure if I have to live in deerfield or not...but heads up!)

Will be planting over the next few weeks, the following seeds and will be putting up vids on youtube of the whole thing (i hope)....

Not knowing for sure what would grow, decided to go all out and get a ton of stuff just to see what works and what does not...and here is the list...with who I bought them from too.

(with some of my intial attempts to sort them out....poor attempt)

everglades tomato! Southern J ranch
Jungle Peanuts!!! Rob's rare and giant seeds

vegetables
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach - Organic Annies heirloom
Dwarf Bok Choy Annies heirloom
Early Mibuna Asian Mustard Green Annies heirloom
Utah Tall Celery - Organic Annies heirloom
Jaune Obtuse du Doubs Carrot rareseeds
Dwarf Siberian Kale rareseeds
Tronchuda Kale rareseeds

herbs
Parsley, Flat Leaf - Organic (biennial, only good first year) Annies heirloom

fruits
Lemon Cucumber - Organic Annies heirloom
Tendersweet Orange Watermelon Annies heirloom
Charleston Gray Heirloom Watermelon Seeds incredible seed
Orangeglo watermelon rareseeds
Moon and Stars watermelon rareseeds
Jubilee watermelon rareseeds
Banana Melon rareseeds

Perennial Vegetables
Burbank Tomato - Organic Annies heirloom
Burgundy Okra - Organic Annies heirloom
Georgia Southern Collard Greens Annies heirloom
Rocket Salat Arugula Annies heirloom
Rossa di Verona Radicchio rareseeds
Red Malabar Spinach rareseeds

perennial fruit
Alexandria Alpine Strawberry Annies heirloom
Mignonette Alpine Strawberry Annies heirloom
Yellow Wonder Alpine Strawberry Annies heirloom
White Soul Alpine Strawberry rareseeds
Yellow Wonder Wild Strawberry rareseeds
Red Wonder Wild Strawberry rareseeds
Ground Cherry rareseeds (poisnonous leafs)
Purple Beauty Pepper rareseeds
Apple Melon rareseeds

perennial grass
Lemongrass Annies heirloom

perennial herbs
Chamomile - Roman Annies heirloom
Chervil Annies heirloom
Garlic Chives Annies heirloom
Rosemary Annies heirloom
Sage - Organic Annies heirloom
Ramsons or Wild Garlic rareseeds

perennial flowers
Bee Balm (Monarda) - Panorama Mix Annies heirloom
Carnation (Dianthus) - Spring Beauty Mix Annies heirloom
Echinacea - Organic Annies heirloom

incredible seed company

Rainbow Swiss Chard Seed Mix incredible seed
Bloomsdale Heirloom Spinach Seeds incredible seed
Neves Azorean Red Tomato Seeds incredible seed
Black Krim Heirloom Tomato Seeds incredible seed
Cimmaron Heirloom Lettuce Seedsincredible seed
Forellenschluss Heirloom Lettuce Seeds incredible seed
Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds - Red incredible seed
Amish Deer Tongue Heirloom Lettuce Seeds incredible seed
Lacinato / Dinosaur / Black Tuscan Heirloom Kale Seeds incredible seed
Lemon Sorrel Seeds incredible seed
Tatsoi Seeds incredible seed
Basil Seeds - Cinnamon Basil incredible seed
Chervil Seeds - Curley incredible seed
Thyme Seeds - Winter Thyme incredible seed

Sustainable seed company

Organic Bush Sugar Baby Watermelon Sustainable seed company
Florida Giant Watermelon Seeds Sustainable seed company
Fordhook Giant Chard Seeds Sustainable seed company
Organic Paris Island Cos Lettuce Sustainable seed company
Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch Kale Sustainable seed company
Spacemaster Cucumber Seeds Sustainable seed company
Vates Collard Greens Sustainable seed company
Moon & Stars Yellow Flesh Watermelon Sustainable seed company
Organic Solar Yellow Carrot Seed Sustainable seed company
Organic Cosmic Purple Carrot Seed Sustainable seed company
Organic Yellow Gem Sweet Watermelon Sustainable seed company
Floradade Tomato Seeds Sustainable seed company
Catnip Herb Seed Sustainable seed company
Parsley, Triple Curled Sustainable seed company

bountiful gardens

Goji Berry bountiful gardens
Borage, organic bountiful gardens
Cumin, Black bountiful gardens
Dandelion bountiful gardens
Feverfew bountiful gardens
Licorice bountiful gardens
Mint, Licorice, Organic bountiful gardens
Marshmallow bountiful gardens
Milk Thistle, organic bountiful gardens
Peppermint, Mint bountiful gardens
Spearmint bountiful gardens
Motherwort bountiful gardens
Mountain Mint bountiful gardens
Shungiku bountiful gardens
Stevia bountiful gardens
Stinging Nettle bountiful gardens
Thyme, organic bountiful gardens
Calendula, Orange bountiful gardens
Hopi Black Dye Sunflower bountiful gardens
Sunflower, Oilseed bountiful gardens
Sunflower, Mammoth, organic bountiful gardens
Egyptian Spinach Greens, Specialty bountiful gardens
Spinach, Low Acid bountiful gardens
Sweet Bell Mix bountiful gardens
Pepper, Chimayo bountiful gardens
Pepper, Cayenne Long Slim, Hot, Organic bountiful gardens
Okra, Clemson Spineless bountiful gardens
Mustard, Red Giant bountiful gardens
Melon, Charentais bountiful gardens
Melon, Haogen bountiful gardens
Melon, Oka bountiful gardens
Lettuce,Cracoviensis, Stem Lettuce, Organic bountiful gardens
Magentaspreen Greens (Lambs Quarters) bountiful gardens
Lamb's Quarters bountiful gardens
Strawberry Spinach, Beetberry Greens, Specialty bountiful gardens
Cucumber, Boston Pickling bountiful gardens
Atomic Red Carrot bountiful gardens
Asparagus, Mary Washington bountiful gardens

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