grown in Palm Beach County during the summer months?
Growing conditions are even less favorable for most vegetable crops during the summer months. Our typical warm, wet weather would promote even greater insect and disease outbreaks. Frequent rainfall coupled with high pest pressure would mean greater use and expense of crop protectant chemicals. High night temperatures contribute to poor pollination and fruit set for crops such as tomatoes. However, marketing is the primary reason. Other locations such as Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, etc., can grow crops in the summer less expensively and have shorter hauling distances than from South Florida. For more information call the Cooperative Extension Service at 561-233-1700.
