Planting guide

What to plant in Zone 10 in February

USDA Zone 10 · US Northern Hemisphere February

February is a closing month in South Florida and an opening one on the California coast. The University of Florida's South Florida calendar ends in February for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach and peas, so this is the last chance of the season. On the Southern California coast, potatoes go in now, the cool-season crops keep going, and the warm-season garden is a month away.

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Tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants (South Florida, last month)

Their South Florida window is August through February, so this is the last month to set them out.

Beans, sweet corn, summer and winter squash (South Florida)

Still in window: beans to April, sweet corn and squash to March. Cucumbers close this month.

Okra, watermelon, cantaloupe (South Florida)

Okra is sown January through March, watermelon and cantaloupe December through March.

Lettuce, spinach, peas (South Florida, last month)

All three end in February in the South Florida calendar. Carrots, radish, arugula and Swiss chard can still be sown through March.

Potatoes (California coast)

February and March are the spring planting months for potatoes on the San Diego coast.

Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower plants, onions (California coast, last month)

Transplants go in September through February, and medium-day bulb onions in January and February. Lettuce, carrots, beets, chard, kale and peas keep going into spring.

Timing notes

  • On the California coast, start tomato seed indoors now: tomato plants go out from March, and the University of New Hampshire Extension gives 6 to 8 weeks from seed to transplant. Peppers take 8 to 10 weeks and go out from April.
  • Beans, sweet corn, cucumbers and summer squash are sown from mid-March on the San Diego coast, a little later inland (April). Do not rush them in February.
  • Zone 10 says how cold winter gets, not when to plant. Look up the average last frost for your own town with the frost date calculator.
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