WHAT AND WHEN TO PLANT IN FLORIDA 
(VEGETABLE AND FIELD SEEDS) 
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. Beets, Beans, Brussels 
Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Cantaloupes, Carrots, 
Collards, Cauliflower, Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplants, 
Endive. Kale, Kohl Rabi, Lettuce,Leek, Mustard, Onion Seed, 
Onion Sets, Parsnips, Parsley, Peppers, Garden Peas, Po¬ 
tatoes, Radishes, Rape, Romaine, Rye, Sage, Salsify, Spin¬ 
ach, Squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Rutabagas, Watermelon. 
MARCH. Pole, Lima, Bush and Field Beans; Benne, 
Bermuda, and all other Grasses, Cabbage, Carrots, Canta¬ 
loupes, Chufas, Collards, Crotalaria, Cucumbers, Eggplant, 
Kale, Kohl Rabi, Lettuce, Mustard; Sweet, Field, Kaffir and 
Pop-Corn; Potatoes, Radishes, Golden and Pearl Millet, 
Okra, Tomatoes, Turnips, Cowpeas, Velvet and Soy Beans; 
Peanuts, Pumpkins, Rice, Rape, Spinach, Sorghum, Sage, 
Squashes, Sunflower, Egyptian Wheat, and Watermelons. 
APRIL. Pole and Field Beans, all Grasses, Cantaloupes, 
Cowpeas, Beggarweed, Chufas, Benne, Field, Kaffir and 
Pop-Corn; Crotalaria; Velvet and Soy Beans; Cattail and 
Golden Millet, Mustard, Okra, Peanuts, Pumpkins, Radishes, 
Rice, Sorghum, Sunflower, Watermelon, and Egyptian 
Wheat. 
MAY. Pole and Field Beans; Benne, Beggarweed, Cro¬ 
talaria, various Grasses; Field, Kaffir, and Pop-Corn; Chu¬ 
fas, Velvet and Soy Beans; Millet, Cowpeas, Peanuts, Pump¬ 
kins, Rice, Radishes, Sorghum, Sunflower, Okra, and Egyp¬ 
tian Wheat. 
JUNE. Beggarweed, Chufas, Collards, Crotalaria, vari¬ 
ous Grasses, Eggplants, Egyptian Wheat, Velvet and Soy 
Beans; June and Kaffir Corn, Millet, Cowpeas, Peanuts, Pep¬ 
pers, Rice, Okra, Mustard, Sorghum, Sunflower, Turnips, 
Rutabagas. 
JULY. Beggarweed, Celery, Chufas, Eggplants, various 
Grasses, Collards, Kaffir Corn, Mustard, Millets, Okra, Cow¬ 
peas, Spanish Peanuts, Peppers, Rice, Sorghum, Turnips 
and Rutabagas, all varieties Velvet and Soy Beans; and Sun¬ 
flower. 
AUGUST. Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese 
Cabbage, Cucumbers, Cauliflower, Celery, Collards, Egg¬ 
plants, Endive, Kale, Lettuce, Grasses, Golden Millet, Pep¬ 
pers, Fall Potatoes, Mustard, Okra, Onion Sets, Cowpeas, 
Radishes, Spinach, Squashes, Tomatoes, Sunflowers, Sor¬ 
ghum, Turnips, and Rutabagas. 
SEPTEMBER. Bush Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels 
Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, (jarrots, Cauliflower, 
Celery, Collards, Cucumbers, Endive, Grasses, Kale, Kohl 
Rabi, Leek, Lettuce, Mustard, Okra, Onion Seed and Sets, 
Parsnips, Parsley, Garden Peas, Irish Potatoes, Rye, Rad¬ 
ishes, Rape, Romaine, Sage, Spinach, Squashes, Tomatoes, 
Turnips, and Rutabagas. 
OCTOBER. Various Grasses, Bush Beans, Beets, Broc¬ 
coli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Carrots, 
Cauliflower, Celery, Collards, Endive, Kale, Kohl Rabi, Leek, 
I.ettuce, Mustard, Onion Seed and Sets, Parsnips, Parsley, 
Garden Peas, Potatoes, Rye, Radishes, Rape, Romaine, Spin¬ 
ach. Turnips, Rutabagas, Oats and Sage. 
NOVEMBER. Carpet and Rye Grasses, Beets, Broccoli, 
Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Carrots, Cauli¬ 
flower, Eggplants, Endive, Kale, Kohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuce, 
Mustard, Onion Seed and Sets, Parsnips, Parsley, Potatoes, 
Garden Peas, Pepper, Rye, Radishes, Rape, Romaine, Sage, 
Spinach, Turnips, Rutabagas, Oats, and Vetch. 
DECEMBER. Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cab¬ 
bage, Carrots, Chinese Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Col¬ 
lards, Eggplants, Endive, Kale, Kohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuce, 
Mustard, Onion Seed and Sets, Parsnips, Parsley, Potatoes, 
Garden Peas, Pepper, Rye, Radishes, Rape, Sage, Spinach, 
Turnips, Rutabagas, and Oats. 
(FLOWER SEEDS) 
Kind of Flower—When to Plant 
Ageratum— Sept, thru March 
Alyssum— Sept, thru Jan. 
Arctotis or African Daisy— ^Sept. 
thru Jan. 
Asters— Sept, thru March 
Baby's Breath or Gypsophila— Sept, 
thru Jan. 
Bachelor's Button or Centaurea — 
Sept, thru Jan. 
Balsam, Double Camellia - Flowered 
Sept, thru March 
Bean—Scarlet Runner — Feb. thru 
May 
Blue Lace Flower or Didiscus— Sept, 
thru Jan. 
Calendula— Sept, thru Jan. 
Calliopsis— Sept, thru Feb. 
Candytuft— Sept, thru Feb. 
Carnation— Sept, thru Dec. 
Cosjtos—March thru May 
CuPHEA Firefly— Jan. thru March 
Kind of Flower—When to Plant 
Cynoglossum or Chinese Forget-Me- 
Not —Sept, thu March 
Cypress Vine— March thru May 
Daisy—Shasta, Painted and Dahl- 
BORG —Sept, thru Jan. 
Dianthus or Chinese Pinks — Sept, 
thru Jan. 
Gaillardia or Blanket Flower— Any 
Time 
Globe Amaranth— Feb. thru July 
Gourd (Ornamental)— Feb.thru May 
Helianthus or Ornamental Sun- 
Flower— Feb. thru Aug. 
Helichrysuji or Straavflower— Sept, 
thru March 
Larkspur— Nov. thru Jan. 
Lupin— Sept, thru Dec. 
Marigold— Feb. thru May and again in 
Sept. 
Morning Glory— March thru June 
Nasturtium— Sept, thru March 
Pansy— Sept, thru Dec. 
Kind of Flower—When to Plant 
Phlox— Sept, thru Feb. 
Poppy—California —Sept, thru Jan. 
Petunia —Sept, thru June 
PoRTULACA OR SuN Plant —Feb. thru 
Aug. 
Pyrethrum or Painted Daisy —Sept, 
thru March 
Queen Anne's Lace —Sept, thru Jan. 
Salvia or Scarlet Sage — Sept, thru 
June 
ScABiosA OR Mourning Bride — Sept, 
thru Dec. 
Snapdragons or Antirrhinum —Sept, 
thru Dec. 
Sweet Peas —Sept, thru Dec. 
Statice or Sea Lavender —Sept, thru 
Jan. 
Tithonia or Florida Sunflower — 
Feb. thru June 
Verbena —Any Time 
Vinca or Periwinkle —Any Time 
Zinnia —Feb. tliru Aug. 
If interested in flowers write for "Kilgore's Flower Planting Guide for Florida" 
For quick rooting of cuttings of flowering shrubs, use HORMODIN A or HORMODIN POWDER. See page 26. 
FALL FIELD SEED PLANTING CALENDAR FOR FLORIDA 
Crop Wt.perBu. Seed per Acre Time to Plant 
Beans, String... .60 lbs. .45-60 lbs.. .Middle Aug.-Apr. 1 
Beans, Lima.60 lbs. . 15-60 lbs...Middle Aug.-Apr. 1 
Grass, Bermuda.25-100 lbs. . .Mar.-Nov. 
Grass, Dallis.10-20 lbs.. .Sept.-Jan. 
Grass, Bahia.15-20 lbs.. .Any Time 
Crop Wt. per Bu. Seed per Acre Time to Plant 
Oats.32 lbs_64 lbs.. .Oct.-Jan. 
Peas, English (Wrinkled). .56 lbs. .56-84 lbs.. .Sept.-Feb. 
Potatoes, Irish.60 lbs... 600 lbs... Sept.-Mar. 
Rape.4-8 lbs.. .Sept.-Mar. 
Rye.56 lbs.. 14-56 lbs... Sept.-Jan. 
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