About Just Grow
Just Grow helps gardeners learn seasonal planting by location. Version 1 is Florida-first: ZIP → county + USDA hardiness zone → curated calendars for edibles and common flowers. No accounts, comments, or store.
What this site is (and isn’t)
- Is: a static calendar UI with curated JSON aligned to public UF/IFAS and USDA guides.
- Isn’t: live scraped data, personalized agronomic advice, or a substitute for your county Extension office.
- Timings vary by microclimate, cultivar, and year — always cross-check locally before planting.
Sources
Plant calendars and ZIP → zone mappings cite the public publications below.
Vegetable month arrays follow the UF/IFAS North / Central / South outdoor planting table
(mapped to north-fl / central-fl / south-fl).
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UF/IFAS Extension — Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide (SP 103 / VH021)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/VH021 -
UF/IFAS — Herbs and Spices in the Florida Garden (VH020)
doi.org/10.32473/edis-vh020-2021 -
UF/IFAS — Growing Strawberries in the Florida Home Garden (HS403)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS403 -
UF/IFAS — Blueberry Gardener’s Guide (MG359)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG359 -
UF/IFAS — Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape (HS132)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/HS132 -
UF/IFAS — Dooryard Fruit Varieties (MG248)
doi.org/10.32473/edis-mg248-2022 -
UF/IFAS — Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape (MG213)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG213 -
UF/IFAS — Mango Growing in the Florida Home Landscape (MG216)
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG216 -
UF/IFAS — North Florida Gardening Calendar (EP451) — cool- and warm-season annual cues
edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/EP451 -
USDA — Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023)
planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
ZIP → county/zone entries in data/zip-map.json are curated static lookups
approximating USDA PHZM patterns for Florida — not an official USPS or USDA product.
Confirm your exact zone with the USDA ZIP search before relying on hardiness alone.
Seasonal theme
The UI shifts with data-season and data-region on
<html>, driven by week-of-year plus a simple Florida region key
from ZIP (north / central / south). Early fall stays mostly green in Florida tracks;
late fall accents warm up.