If you're more of a vegetable gardener, you can plant several varieties in February. Also, you can transplant broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, head lettuce, and shallots. Growing Irish potatoes is very popular in Louisiana. You should finish planting your potatoes in south Louisiana by about February 15. If you're planning to plant tomatoes this spring, you can plant tomato seeds in a greenhouse or in hotbeds all through this month.
Tomatoes require about six to eight weeks from seeding until they reach transplant size.
Eggplants and bell peppers require eight to 10 weeks of growth. If you're considering planting a pecan tree or two, you should do it by late February. The dormant season for pecan trees ends in early March, and trees must be set out before the growing begins. Container-grown pecan trees may be planted on into spring as long as temperatures remain cool. If you already have one or two pecan trees in your yard and want them to produce, you should fertilize them.