Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?

5/5/2013 7:59:29 AM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
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5/5/2013 2:06:50 PM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
ruby_starr_33 Smithfield, NC 36, joined Apr. 2013	green onion
5/5/2013 7:17:47 PM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
cupocheer Assumption, IL 68, joined May. 2010	herbs -- green onions -- tomatoes -- leaf lettuce -- beets -- turnips -- spinach -- potatoes ------- ah hen ---- all of them
5/7/2013 6:43:39 AM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
tardsmasher2 Douglasville, GA 54, joined Jun. 2010	This is my first one I have 4 varieties of tomatoes out some gold potatoes ,corn,beets,ice cicle radishes,bunching onions,sweet cherry pepper I bought by mistake so planted it anyway some marigolds for color and keep some bugs away and when I get my second raised bed filled here soon I may ad a couple more things plus more of the seed I already have.So far so good things are shooting up although the tomatoes are droopy I've been told it's normal because its been very rainy and chilly here for a spell they should perk back up after some good sun.
5/11/2013 3:59:33 PM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
hlkeoo Ogden, UT 29, joined Apr. 2013	Try some Raddish's, they mature fast and will keep your moral up.
5/30/2013 3:22:17 AM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
cheridth2 Kermit, TX 40, joined Apr. 2013	all of em. Its best to make ya mistakes with first garden bed and learn what wrks in ur soil and ur routine and ur knowledge base. Dont start one at a time cuz thats a long time to a perfect garden! Dive right in and get ya hands dirty n ya feet muddy!! Oh yeah keep a notebook:water schedule, what ya planted and where(in case a comedian of a friends rearranges ur lil plant labels!) what fertiler ya use whats sprouts when, when ya refertilize n mulch, ideas ya may have, whats not wrking, whats not growng, research notes etc etc. Notebooks r great and helps ya out next planting season too. But dont notebk nutz. I update mine once or twice a week. Lol lol i even recorded the death of my corn n lettuce to grasshoppers! And the four types of birds that loves eatng those same grasshoppers! Lol go air strike team!! Lol and many yrs from now ya will look it over and say wow ive learned so much since then! I intend on given mine to my wee ones. Jst a thought ya might wana try.
7/17/2013 12:19:16 PM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
mysticalsag9 Clarksburg, WV 60, joined Jan. 2013	container gardening has become real popular. grow what you like to eat . and if you take care of them, they should grow well . what surprised me was i planted a mix of lettuce in a container from last yr and it came back wow !... last yr peppers and squash an peas an lettuce ,did very well in my garden.
7/21/2013 6:14:36 AM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
handyman8253 East New Market, MD 63, joined Nov. 2012	try them all keep your yellow squash and your cukes away from each other so they don't cross pollinate use raised beds cover with black plastic that will keep your weeding down.Use soaker hoses with a timer works great .You don't want to spend all your time weeding and watering your garden.I also use a rabbit fence if I don't I would be wiped out. My garden is 20x 32 and I grow and freeze for later and also give to my friends who don't have the space or the ability to do so.Also for first timers if you grow carrots grow in a sandy soil with no rocks or anything that will not let them grow straight.I was told I was wasting my time with them and the last three years they have been fantastic so sweet .you have to thin them out after they start growing .So I have made a plan to use painters tape the blue stuff you take a put a seed one and a half inches apart and plant the tape on it's side and not flat and it works great.Just make sure your soil is like a fine powder and they will grow really well.Before I plant anything I till the ground.then put in my 10-10-10 fertilizer also lime and chicken poop that has been processed or not just don't use fresh stuff it will be too hot.So with that mixture in my garden it works great everything grow pretty well.Okay so there is one more way to do itI have been doing it for years and it works.So happy gardening to all.
7/21/2013 12:07:49 PM	Which vegetables should the beginner gardener try to grow?
tileman1814 Kalispell, MT 66, joined Nov. 2007	Top Vegetables for New Gardeners 1.Salad Greens- Lettuces and other salad greens are easy-to-grow, quick maturing and can be planted throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall. They also provide some of the highest yields per square foot of anything you can grow in your garden. Most folks like salads and home grown lettuce is high value add versus store-purchased because salad greens are highly perishable. (Store-purchased lettuce, even that sold in nitrogen-flushed bags, loses its nutritional value quickly.) The easiest way to get a diverse selection of greens is to purchase a mesculin mix. Companies like Burpee and Johnny's sell various blends of greens with different flavor profiles. If you want to select individual lettuce varieties consider the following Spring and Fall varieties: Forellenschluss, an heirloom Austrian variety that is particularly cold tolerant, Brune D'hiver a French heirloom that also does well in cool weather. During the heat of summer, lettuces generally do poorly, so switch to heat tolerant varieties such as Jericho, a hybrid Romaine-style lettuce and Buttercrunch a hybrid butter-head-style lettuce. Lettuces require full sun. If you only have partial sun, consider growing Miners Lettuce instead of traditional salad greens. Miners Lettuce comes from the Pacific Northwest and is crunchy and mild. It is a favorite in our family with both adults and kids. 2.Tomatoes - Tomatoes are probably the vegetable that are hardest to grow on this list. I'm ranking them second because they are universally loved and offer the the highest returns on the gardeners effort versus of any vegetable that can be grown. Determinate tomatoes require the least staking so they are the only ones on this list. My recommendations include: Stupice a small, red, fast-producing heirloom tomato, Sungold, an orange, hybrid cherry tomato, Rutgers, a small dark red heirloom tomato that good both as a fresh tomato or for canning, and Grushovka an heirloom plum-shaped pink tomato that has excellent flavor. These varieties can be grown in 5 gallon containers and seeds are readily available at garden stores and on the Internet. Determinate tomatoes produce a crop of tomatoes that ripen all at the same time. To ensure a continuous harvest, plant every three to four weeks from April through June. Tomatoes require a minimum of 6 hours direct sunlight. Plant only if you have a place in your garden that gets full sun. Cucumbers - I like cucumbers for fresh eating and because they are the easiest of all vegetables to preserve (pickles). My favorite fresh eating cuke is an heirloom variety called Beit Alpha. The skin on this variety is so thin you don't need to peel it plus it's burp-less and has a good shelf life. For pickling cucumbers, I like an heirloom German variety called Delikatesse. Both these cucumbers need to be trellised. If you don't want the bother of staking, try Picklebush, a hybrid pickling cucumber from Burpee or Bush Slicer a hybrid from Renee's Seeds. 1.Potatoes - potatoes are so universally popular, versatile and easy to grow, that I think they should be in everyone's garden. While shelf life can vary dramatically depending on the variety, most potatoes will easily keep for several months which means that they can be put away for enjoyment at a later date. Potatoes are a cool season crop that can be grown prior to before other favorites like tomatoes or peppers and potatoes grow very well in pots. An excellent all purpose potato for frying, mashing and baking is Maris Piper. This variety from England is the potato that is traditionally used to make fish & chips. It is not common in the U.S., but it can be purchased mail order from Ronniger Farms. If you are a baked potato lover, try Russet or Russet Burbank. 2.Carrots - Carrots can be planted from early Spring through mid-July and then again in the late summer for a Fall harvest. I'm particularly fond of an heirloom variety called Red Core Chantenay. This variety has a fine flavor and grows a root that's 5 to 7 inches in length. Carrots can also be grown in pots if you choose a stubby, round variety like Atlas or Parisian. Both of these smaller carrots are heirlooms. 3.Peppers - Choose hot, sweet or a mix of the two. Hot peppers are all fairly easy to grow so the choice of variety is really driven more by how hot you want your peppers. For a mild hot pepper consider Ancho or Poblano. For a medium hot pepper, I like Serrano peppers and for a burn your mouth off experience go for Habanero. For sweet peppers, I like Costa Rican Sweet, a hybrid variety from Burpee. Peppers like rich, well drained soil and need warm days and nights to do well. If you grow hot peppers, these can easily be dried in the sun, your oven or a food dehydrator. 4.Broccoli - A cool season crop for planting in the Spring or Fall, broccoli is one of America's favorite vegetables. It occupies a position that's fairly low on my list primarily because it to subject to a wide variety of pests such as caterpillars, grasshoppers, aphids, cabbage root maggot, and slugs. The best way to control for pests is to place hoops with protective netting over them. Otherwise, you need to consider some kind of pesticide. Safer Products makes a variety of pesticides that are low impact on the environment. If you decide you want to give broccoli a try, a good heirloom variety is Di Cicco. This variety produces a 4 inch main head and a large number of side shoots that will grow more intensely once the main head is harvested. There are many varieties of hybrid broccoli and the best approach may be to buy them as plants from your local garden center as these will be appropriate for your area. Alternatively, Belstar is a very adaptable hybrid variety. You can find seeds for it at Johnny's Selected Seeds or Territorial Seed. 5.Fresh Herbs - Fresh herbs really improve the flavor of food and are much less expensive to grow than to purchase from the grocery store. Herbs are easy to grow and lend themselves well to pots and flower boxes. The most important consideration when planting herbs in pots is to group herbs with similar sunlight requirements so that you can place your pot in an appropriate location. Full sun herbs include: Anise, Basil, Calendula, Catnip, Cilantro, Dill, Fennel, Lavender, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Savory, Tarragon, and Thyme. Partial sun herbs include: Chamomile, Chervil, Chives, Garlic, Lemon Balm, Marjoram, Mint, and Parsley. 6.Summer Squash - Summer squash are can be both prolific and sweet. The biggest challenge growing summer squash is that most varieties are susceptible to disease, particularly Powdery Mildew and Mosaic Virus. Golden Glory from Johnny's Selected seed is a disease resistant yellow squash but needs to be trellised. If the above mentioned diseases are not a serious problem in your area (ask at your local garden center) choose a more compact variety that doesn't require staking such as Sunburst, a yellow patty-pan, or Raven a compact green zucchini. 7.Green Beans - green beans are also very good producers. To keep the workload to a minimum, I recommend growing bush varieties since these do not need to be trellised. Burpee Tenderpod is a good choice as is Blue Lake Bush an heirloom variety. Semper Fi !!!

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