Growing vegetables in an amateur fashion does not have to be difficult, you only need to choose the right plants.Vegetables that are easy to grow, with a short growing season , are a perfect solution for people who are just trying their hand at gardening. Many vegetables can be successfully grown at home all year round, without even having a lot of experience. Meetvegetables that are easy to grow and harvest quickly!
Vegetables that are easy to grow. You can even have them at home!
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Note!Below you will find some tables with lists of vegetables for growing at home, on the balcony and in the garden. There is a link at the end of this article to download these lists in a printable version: -)
Vegetables easy to grow in containers on the balcony
If we do not have even a small garden in which we could grow vegetables, nothing is lost. There are many species and varieties of vegetables that, with a saying, can be grown even on a small balcony.We can sow leaf vegetable seeds into balcony boxes- lettuce, arugula, dill, leaf parsley, spinach, chives and less known, but very easy to grow, watercress and vegetable purslane, as well as salads Asian such as: mizuna and tatsoi. Radishes and carrots 'Pariser Markt' with spherical roots will also do well in balcony boxes.
On larger balconies, we can plant a few seedlings of cherry tomatoes and chili peppers in pots, as well as sow the seeds of 'Mascotte' dwarf bean, 'Dar' bush cucumber or 'Iznik' F1 salad cucumber (the latter variety was specially bred from thinking about growing cucumbers on the balcony) or leaf beet.These vegetables will not only provide us with he althy and tasty crops, but also have an ornamental function.
Vegetables easy to grow in pots at home
The window sill in the kitchen isthe perfect place for the year-round cultivation of leaf vegetables , for the so-called young leaves. We can place boxes and pots on it, which we will sow with parsley, arugula, mixed salad or lamb's lettuce. For year-round cultivation in the apartment, spicy watercress and dwarf fennel varieties are also suitable. Even the least experienced amateurs can enjoy growing watercress on wet cotton wool.
From early spring to the end of summeryou can sow radish and chives seeds into your home boxesAn interesting fact will be a miniature pot pepper. The offer includes both sweet and hot peppers. Colorful fruits are edible and additionally have a decorative function.
Vegetables easy to grow with a short growing season
When starting your adventure with growing vegetables, it is best to focus on the species that are problem-free, do not require much care and do not have large soil requirements. These arevegetables with a very short growing seasonand such as radishes, lettuce, spinach, spring onions, and fennel. They are grown from sowing directly to a permanent site, thus avoiding the need to prepare seedlings. Their seeds are sown in the first days of spring, as soon as the soil thaws.
To ensurea bountiful harvest of vegetables , it is essential to observe the correct sowing date. Radish, spinach and lettuce are long-day plants. This means that they will bloom when the day is longer than 12 hours. Therefore, they should only be grown in spring and fall. Once they produce seed shoots, unfortunately they are no longer fit for consumption.
Vegetables easy to grow for the summer harvest
Another group arevegetables harvested in the first half of summerThey have a slightly longer growing season, but their cultivation is also very simple. These include carrots (early varieties), green beans, six-week-old peas, broad beans, zucchini, patisons and cucumbers. These species are also grown from sowing vegetable seeds directly into the ground in spring.
When buying seeds, pay attention to the product description on the back of the packaging. The producer provides detailed information on the variety in it. To get the earliest possible harvest, look forearly varieties with a quick harvest timeThe seeds of these varieties can often be sown multiple times during the season, thanks to which we will have constant access to fresh vegetables from our own garden. When shopping for cucumber seeds, choose varieties with the F1 symbol next to the name. They are especially recommended for beginner gardeners because they are disease resistant and very fertile.
Easy to grow vegetables recommended for summer catch crops
Our adventure with growing a vegetable garden does not have to end in the summer. When the beds in the garden and the balcony boxes leave the vegetables sown in spring, it is worth sowing in their placespecies of fast-growing vegetables that we will be able to harvest in the autumnAs aftercrop vegetables, we can grow spinach, lamb's lettuce, Chinese cabbage pack choi, Chinese cabbage and fennel. Among summer polonium plants, there can also be radishes and arugula, and if we still have seeds from spring sowing, then also leaf beet. We will be able to enjoy the taste of these vegetables until the first frost! And we will be able to collect lamb's lettuce even from under the snow. In most cases, these species are suitable for both field cultivation and in containers on the balcony. The exception is Chinese cabbage, which, due to its size, should only be grown in the open.
Download the printable vegetable lists:
- Lists of vegetables that are easy to grow in pots and in the garden (PDF)
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