Re: 10 Most Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
- From: z <gzuckier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:56:15 -0700 (PDT)
On Apr 13, 1:31 pm, O My Garden <muaythai...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
10 Most Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
You hear a lot of talk these days about how good vegetables are for
you. The daily allowance is of five portions of fruit and veg today.
But it costs a lot to buy fruit and veg at the supermarket. Despite
all the guff about supermarkets being low cost places they still
charge a lot for vegetables. It is not uncommon for a couple of
lettuces to set you back over $1. You can get veg much cheaper if you
go down to the market, but it can be out very cost effective to grow
your own.
The following is a top 10 list of easy-to-grow vegetables and their
recommended varieties.
1. Carrot. Plant seeds several times throughout the growing season,
early spring into fall for a continuous harvest. Soil should be loose
and deep. Varieties: 'Nantes,' 'Chantenay,' 'Touchon,' 'Short n'
Sweet'.
2. Cucumber. Wait until warm weather to plant seeds. Varieties: 'Sweet
Success,' 'Fanfare,' 'Lemon'.
3. Green Beans. Plant seeds after frost danger. Bush types are easier
to manage, but pole types are more productive in an equal space
(because they're taller!). Varieties: 'Blue Lake,' 'Contender,',
'Kentucky Wonder'.
4. Lettuce. Plant seeds as soon as soil can be worked -- hot weather
ruins the plants. Varieties: 'Black Seeded Simpson,' 'Buttercrunch,'
'Deer Tongue,' 'Nevada'.
5 Onion. Timing the planting of seeds or the miniature onion bulbs
called sets can be tricky. Also consider mail-order onion seedlings.
Check locally for availability.
6. Peas. Sow seeds early in spring as soon as you can work the soil.
Varieties: 'Alderman,' 'Sugar Snap,' 'Oregon Trail,' 'Super Sugar
Mel'.
7. Radish. Sow seeds during the short, cool days of spring and fall.
During these times, radishes are perhaps the easiest and fastest
vegetable to grow. Varieties: 'Cherry Belle', 'White Icicle,' 'Scarlet
Globe'.
8. Summer Squash. Sow seeds after weather warms up. Grow bush types to
save space. Varieties: 'Sunburst,' 'Yellow Crookneck,' 'Scallopini'.
9. Sweet Pepper. Plant seedlings in warm weather along with tomatoes.
Varieties: 'Bell Boy,' 'California Wonder,' 'Sweet Banana,' 'Gypsy'.
10. Tomato. Set out seedlings after the air and soil have warmed up.
Tomatoes come in countless varieties; among the best: 'Celebrity,'
'Big Rainbow,' 'Brandywine,' and 'Enchantment'.
Tomatoes are one of those rare plants that actually benefit if
seedlings are planted deeper than they grew in the nursery pot. Plants
will be more anchored and sturdier, and roots will develop along the
buried portion of the stem. Pinch off lower leaves once you plant.
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i've had nothing but grief with carrots, trying to get them to just
germinate. many varieties, always fresh seeds. once they've germinated
(i get like 3 out of a packet of seeds, no exaggeration) they do fine.
for cukes, they do fine until just about ready to fruit, then they die
from the bacterial wilting they get from cucumber beetles.
so i wouldn't put those two in that list. replace the carrots with
turnips and beets, both seem pretty foolproof.
as for tomatoes the big ones aren't going to ripen well if it's not
hot. cherry tomatoes, etc. do great. also prone to diseases splashed
up from the soil, although they can usually struggle along. peppers
haven't done too great for me, either.
oddball that's given me amazing luck, considering i'm not in the
torrid zones: okra. develop a taste for it. why okra will grow where
peppers and tomatoes and eggplants shiver, i don't know.
rest of the list seems pretty accurate to me.
.
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