When to plant in Jacksonville
Planting recommendations from named publications. Regional guidance is shown at its original precision; coverage is currently limited to our verified pilot.
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Full published calendar
Cucumber: Planting period: August–September. Source caveat: Table 1 clearly gives August–September. It also prints a spring period as ‘Mar–Ap’; because the ending month is incomplete in the publication, that period is disclosed here but not converted into chart coordinates. The table does not distinguish direct sowing from transplanting.
Pepper (sweet & chili): Planting period: Late March–April; Planting period: July–August
Summer squash / Zucchini: Planting period: Late March–April; Planting period: August–September
Winter squash / Pumpkin: Planting period: February–April; Planting period: August–September
Sources and geographic scope
Regional guidance: North of State Road 40. Not a forecast for an individual garden.
Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide · UF/IFAS Extension · SP 103; revised June 2025; web version 2.8.0
Individual crop pages identify the source table or row. · Source checked 2026-09-13
Consult each crop page for its publication’s conditions.
Climate classifications describe this place; they do not determine the published planting windows. Sources and methodology →
Historical climate calculations for Jacksonville are withheld pending review.