I came to Thailand from a temperate region of American that had four distinct seasons. I grew vegetables in my home garden and would like to do that here also. But now that I'm in a topical climate with three seasons, I'm lost.

Are there any books or resources (in English) that cover the growing seasons for various types of vegetables in Northern Thailand. I'm interested in things like tomatoes, potatoes, celery , peas and beans, onions, garlic, greens, ginger, gangala, chilies and peppers (both hot and sweet), and herbs such as cilantro, basil, and mints.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Most Veg seems to do best about now.

Plant right at the end of rainy season, cool dry weather now for about 4 months.

thats the go late oct and everything goes real well even the caulies and cabbages

for me, it will be some corn to try on the now dry(er) rice paddies...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35237805/Gardening-Cambodia

You might find this useful. I think the seasons in Cambodia and N. Thailand are within a month or two of each other. I checked once. There's a table at the end saying when to plant things.

Wait for rain season and plant like mad, now you need a lot of water so if you have a pond or bore hole use these to plant what you like. We have Guava from a petrol pump out of the pond, but in rain season we plant corn like mad.

You can grow veg now but you need water. Good luck.

www.avrdc.org/pdf/dynamics/Thailand.pdf

Hey, look what I found. This PDF has a chart listing the growing and harvesting seasons for many commmon veggies. But what the heck is the difference between

a) all seasons

winter, rainy

c) winter, summer, rainy

Edit - For some reason the forum software won't let me write b instead of that smiley with sun glasses.