South Florida has been shipping red potatoes and to a lesser extent, gold and white potatoes since the middle of February, with central Florida starting a week or two later.
South Florida potato shipments should be peaking within the next couple of weeks and continue until around the middle of May. North Florida spud loads will become available in late April.
Like most Florida items this year, watermelons got underway early with a mid-March shipping start. Central Florida watermelons will be get started in mid to late April. Both south and central Florida melon loadings should continue into the second or third week of May. Meanwhile, watermelon shipments in northern Florida should get going around mid May and continue through June.