1 Plants. 2 Generally spring-planted. 3 Check county Extension office for date of first freeze.

In most areas of the country, the frost-tender, warm-season or heat-tolerant vegetables should not be planted until after the last spring frost and the soil has warmed up. The more cool-tolerant of these can be planted as near the last frost date as possible, and include snap beans, New Zealand spinach, squash, sweet corn, and tomato (transplants). The more heat-tolerant of these should not be planted (or transplanted) until a week or two after the frost-free date, and include lima beans, eggplant, peppers, okra, Southern peas, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupes, pumpkins, and watermelons.

Some vegetables have a rather short harvest season from any one planting. To have fresh produce over a longer period, you can make sequential plantings of the following every 2 to 4 weeks as long as the weather is favorable for each: radishes, turnip greens, mustard, leaf lettuce, and spinach among the cool-season crops; and bush snap beans, lima beans, squash, sweet corn, and Southern peas among the warm-season, heat-tolerant crops.