When to Plant in Miami, FL: Planting Calendar
Quick answer
Frost is rare in Miami (32°F in under 1% of years at the nearest NOAA station), so plant by season instead of frost dates: use the UF/IFAS planting months for South Florida in the table below.
Frost is rare in Miami. At the Miami Beach station, 5.1 miles from the center of ZIP 33130, a 32°F night happens in under 1% of years (NOAA 1991–2020), so there is no reliable frost date to count from. Instead, our planner uses the UF/IFAS planting months for South Florida. ZIP 33130 is in USDA hardiness zone 11a. Across all 135 zone 11 ZIP codes, 100% are frost-rare like this one.
Station and frost odds: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, for the station nearest the center of ZIP 33130. Zone: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PRISM data by ZIP code).
Next 30 days in Miami
See what to plant this month in the planner for ZIP 33130.
Last month to plant in Miami
UF/IFAS’s South Florida Gardening Calendar turns the month ranges in the table below into deadlines:
| Last month to plant | Crops (UF/IFAS South Florida Gardening Calendar) |
|---|---|
| January | “This is the last month to plant Irish potatoes, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, mustard, and turnips.” |
| February | “Last month to plant cantaloupes, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, peppers, spinach, and tomatoes for a late spring harvest.” |
| March | “This is the last month to plant arugula, beans, cantaloupe, carrots, celery, sweet corn, endive, okra, radish, squashes, Swiss chard, and watermelon.” |
- July, solarize: “Clean up your vegetable garden and use summer heat to solarize the soil for fall vegetable planting. It takes 4–6 weeks to kill weeds, disease, and nematodes, so start now.” In August: “Solarize the vegetable garden for 4–6 weeks in preparation for fall planting if not done in July.”
- Late summer, start seeds: “Start seeds of eggplant, okra, peppers, pumpkin, squashes, and tomatoes for the fall garden.”
- Local help: UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County: “For plant clinic question please email a Master Gardener at [email protected] or call 305-679-0222.”
Sources: UF/IFAS EP452, South Florida Gardening Calendar; UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County: Home Gardens and Landscapes.
Miami planting months
This is the same table the planner shows for ZIP 33130.
| Crop | South Florida planting months (outdoors) |
|---|---|
| Peas | Nov – Feb (snow or English peas) |
| Spinach | Oct – Feb |
| Lettuce | Sep – Feb |
| Radishes | Oct – Mar |
| Kale | Sep – Jan |
| Onions | Oct (bulbing onions); green onions Sep – Mar |
| Potatoes | Oct – Jan (Irish potatoes) |
| Broccoli | Oct – Jan |
| Cabbage | Sep – Jan |
| Tomatoes | Aug – Feb |
| Peppers | Aug – Feb |
| Eggplant | Aug – Feb |
| Beans (bush & pole) | Sep – Apr (bush and pole) |
| Sweet corn | Oct – Mar |
| Cucumbers | Sep – Feb |
| Squash | Aug – Mar (summer squash) |
| Pumpkins | Early August |
Source: UF/IFAS Extension, Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide (VH021), Table 1, “South” column (Florida south of State Road 70). These are planting months for seeds or transplants outdoors, not frost-based dates, so no harvest window is shown; the frost guide and our zone 10 guide use the same table.
Frost across Miami’s ZIP codes
All 13 of Miami’s ZIP codes are frost-rare in the planner, so they all use the same season-based table.
| Nearest NOAA station | Last spring frost | First fall frost | Miami ZIP codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Beach | Frost rare | Frost rare | 9: 33101, 33127, 33128, 33129, 33130, 33131, 33132, 33136, 33137 |
| Miami Wso City | Frost rare | Frost rare | 3: 33133, 33135, 33145 |
| Hialeah | Frost rare | Frost rare | 1: 33125 |
Which ZIP codes count as Miami: the 13 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020 ZCTAs) with at least half of their land area inside Miami city limits, from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to Place Relationship File. ZCTAs are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code areas, so this list may not match every USPS ZIP code. Each ZIP code’s dates are the ones our planner shows for it.
More for Miami gardeners
- Your own ZIP: open the planner for ZIP 33130 and change the ZIP to yours for its own station and dates.
- Florida: When to plant in Florida, with frost dates across the state.
- USDA zone 11a: our zone 11 planting guide.
- Frost tonight? How to protect plants from frost.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Miami get frost?
Rarely. At the Miami Beach station, 5.1 miles from ZIP 33130, a 32°F night happens in under 1% of years (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), so frost-based planting dates don’t apply.
When should I plant vegetables in Miami?
Use planting dates written for the area: the UF/IFAS planting months for South Florida in the table on this page. They are by season, not by frost date.
What USDA zone is Miami in?
ZIP 33130 in Miami is in USDA hardiness zone 11a on the 2023 USDA map (by ZIP code, via PRISM).
Sources
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Plant Hardiness Zone Map: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- UF/IFAS Extension: UF/IFAS EP452, South Florida Gardening Calendar; UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County: Home Gardens and Landscapes; Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide (VH021)
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2020 ZCTA to Place Relationship File