Vegetables to Plant in March
Plant snap beans, Swiss chard, collards, mustards, turnips, cabbage, broccoli and sweet corn.
Transplant tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Plant cantaloupes, squash, cucumbers and watermelons
well after danger of frost is over. Black plastic will help early growth.
Vegetables to Plant in April
Plant snap beans, butter beans, collards, cucumbers, eggplants, cantaloupes, okra, Southern
peas (field peas), peanuts, pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash, sweet corn, sweet potatoes
(late April), tomatoes (transplants), peppers (transplants) and watermelons.
Vegetables to Plant in May
Sweet potatoes (transplants), heat-tolerant tomatoes, okra, Southern peas, pumpkins, peanuts,
sweet corn, watermelons, cucumbers, butter beans, squash, cantaloupes, collards and eggplants
(transplants). Fruit set in these vegetables is sensitive to high temperatures, so plant them
during the first part of May for best results: snap beans, butter beans, sweet corn, tomatoes
(except heat-tolerant varieties) and peppers (transplants).