The Vegetable Planting and Transplanting Guide lists the common vegetables and the best time to plant them. Common cool-season vegetables: asparagus, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, chives, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, Swiss chard, kale, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnips, peas, radishes, spinach, and turnips.
- Which vegetables grow well in cool weather?
- What is a cool-season crop?
- Is cucumber a cool-season crop?
- What are cold vegetables?
- Which vegetables are good in summer?
- How cold is too cold for lettuce?
- Are potatoes a cool season crop?
- What lettuce can I grow in summer?
- Are tomatoes a cool season crop?
- What plants grow in hot climates?
- What foods grow in summer?
- What fruits grow in hot climates?
Which vegetables grow well in cool weather?
Many of the most common kinds have edible leaves or roots, like lettuce, carrots and onions. Others produce edible seeds, like peas and certain types of beans. And still other cool weather thrivers are artichokes, broccoli and cauliflower. Most of these can even endure short periods of frost.
What is a cool-season crop?
A cool-season crop is exactly what you think it is: a plant that thrives in cooler temperatures (70 degrees or below) and can survive light frost.
Is cucumber a cool-season crop?
Warm-season veggies require both warm soil and high temperatures (with a little cooling at night) to grow steadily and produce crops. They include traditional summer crops such as snap beans, corn, cucumbers, melons, peppers, tomatoes, and squash. ... Beans. Celery (cold climates)
What are cold vegetables?
These cold hardy vegetables actually enjoy the lower temperatures.
- Garden Peas.
- Brussels Sprouts.
- Broccoli.
- Carrots.
- Kale.
- Leeks.
- Lettuce.
- Cabbage.
Which vegetables are good in summer?
Popular Vegetables to Grow in Summer
- Cucumbers.
- Tomatoes.
- Peppers.
- Squash.
- Sorrels.
- Beans.
- Greens.
- Berries.
How cold is too cold for lettuce?
How to Grow: Lettuce is a cool-weather crop that thrives in the temperature range 60-65 degrees F, and if thoroughly hardened, most varieties survive temperatures as low as 20 degrees F. Cold-adapted varieties survive much lower temperatures. Seed germinates best at about 75 degrees F.
Are potatoes a cool season crop?
Grow cool season crops like lettuce, broccoli, and potatoes to get an early start on your spring garden. These crops thrive in cooler temperatures and are ideal spring plants.
What lettuce can I grow in summer?
Choose the Right Lettuce Variety
- Romaine.
- Summer crisp.
- Oakleaf types with flatter, lobed leaves.
- Grand Rapids types with broad, crinkled, frilly, loose leaves.
Are tomatoes a cool season crop?
Cool-season vegetables can grow at cool soil temperatures, which I will define as 50 to 70°F (10-21°C) in the root zone, which is measured 4 to 6 inches (10-15cm) below the soil's surface. In comparison, warm season vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers prefer root zone temperatures above 70°F (21°C).
What plants grow in hot climates?
Plants That Thrive With Warm Weather Planting
- Hummingbird Mints (Agastache)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
- Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)
- Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliana)
- Blazing Star (Liatris)
- Salvias such as: Salvia 'Maraschino', 'Ultra Violet','Furman's Red'
- Beardtongue (Penstemon)
- Golden Rod (Solidago)
What foods grow in summer?
The Best Vegetables To Grow This Summer!
- Salad Leaves. Crunchy fresh leaves with a fantastic range of textures and flavours. ...
- Spring onions and Radishes. Spice up your salads with spring onions and some rosy red radish. ...
- Potatoes. One of the easiest vegetables to grow. ...
- Peas. ...
- Broad & Runner Beans. ...
- Onions and Garlic. ...
- Beetroot. ...
- Chilli Peppers.
What fruits grow in hot climates?
Consult your local nursery for the varieties for your area because many citrus trees do not like very hot weather either and are subject to sunburn. Then there are plums, pomegranates, peaches, apricots and figs — they all grow beautifully. Here are some proven winners.
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