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How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Lima Beans: A Complete Guide
Lima beans are tender annuals grown for their flat, crescent-oval-shaped seeds. There are two types of lima beans: bush and pole or vine varieties. Bush types grow to about 2 feet tall (.6m) and tend...
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How to Plant and Grow Sweet Potatoes: A Complete Guide
Sweet potatoes are tender, warm-season perennial plants grown as annuals. Sweet potatoes are commonly grown from rooted sprouts called slips. -purchased at the garden center or from a seed catalog....
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Rutabaga Seed Starting Tips
Rutabaga is a cool-weather crop. Sow rutabaga seed in late winter or very early spring for an early summer harvest. Direct sow seed in the garden 16 to 10 weeks before the last frost in spring. In...
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How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Southern Peas: A Complete Guide
Southern peas are tender bushy or vining annuals. Southern peas are also called black-eyed peas, crowder peas, and yard-long beans. Southern peas are sometimes called cowpeas or field peas. Southern...
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How to Plant and Grow Artichokes: A Complete Guide
Artichokes are perennial plants. Artichokes prefer cool, moist summers and mild winters. The perennial artichoke plant will not survive where the ground freezes. The artichoke is an edible thistle...
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How to Plant and Grow Florence Fennel: Complete Guide
All parts of Florence fennel can be eaten. The bulb can be prepared like celery; it can be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves and tenderest branches can be used in soups and salads. The seeds can be used...
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Mastering Chickpeas: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Tips
The chickpea or garbanzo bean is a cool-season annual that requires about 100 days to reach harvest. Chickpeas, also called garbanzo bean and gram, are regarded as beans, but botanically are neither...
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Sweet Potato Plant Starting Tips
Sweet potatoes are a warm-weather crop. They require a long, hot growing season. Sweet potatoes are grown from rooted cuttings, called “slips” or “draws”. Slips are best started indoors from sweet...
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The Ultimate Brussels Sprouts Growing Guide: From Seed to Harvest
Brussels sprouts are best grown in cool weather, usually in early spring or autumn. Sprouts require from 80 to 110 days with daylight temperatures below 80ºF (27ºC) and nighttime temperatures even...
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Spinach Seed Starting Tips
Sow spinach seeds in the garden as soon as the ground is workable in spring. If you wait, warm weather and long days will trigger seed stalk formation and the leaves will become bitter tasting....
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Ultimate Broccoli Growing Guide from Seed to Harvest
Broccoli is an edible flower. Broccoli is a cool-season crop. Grow broccoli so that it comes to harvest when temperatures average no more than 75°F (23°C) each day. Broccoli heads are clusters of...
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Arugula Seed Starting Tips
Arugula is a cool-season crop. It can be grown in early spring and in fall. Sow arugula seeds directly in the garden 2 to 4 weeks before the last frost in spring or as soon as the soil is workable. To...
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Leeks Seed Starting Tips
Leeks are a cool- and cold-season crop. There are two types of leeks: short-season leeks and long-season leeks. Long-season leeks have thick, cylindrical stems–and keep long, and short-season leeks...
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Kale Seed Starting Tips
Kale is a hardy cool-weather crop. It can be grown in early spring and in mid to late autumn. Kale tastes especially good after it has been touched by frost. Sow kale seeds in the garden 4 to 6 weeks...
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Swiss Chard Seed Starting Tips
Chard—Swiss chard—is a cool and warm-season crop. It will tolerate frost and keep growing in summer. The optimum soil temperature for germination is 50° to 8°5F (10°-29°C). Direct—seeding is the most...
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Lettuce Seed Starting Tips
Lettuce grows best in the cool weather of spring and fall. Time lettuce seed sowing so plants come to harvest before very warm and hot weather, Hot weather will trigger bolting and seed-stalk...
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Beets Seed Starting Tips
Beets are commonly grown in spring, summer, and autumn. Beets may be seeded as early in spring as the ground can be worked. Make successive sowings at intervals of about 3 weeks in order to have a...
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Cabbage Seed Starting Tips
Cabbage is a hardy, cool-season crop. Cabbage is best planted in early spring or mid-to-late summer. Cabbage thrives in temperatures between 65°F and 75°F (18-24°C) and can withstand cold temperatures...
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How to Grow Watermelons from Seed to Harvest: Ultimate Guide for Sweet, Juicy...
Watermelons are the quintessential summer crop—sweet, juicy, and rewarding to grow. I’ve been planting and growing watermelons for over 30 years in California’s warm climate, both in my backyard...
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The Ultimate Guide to Growing Melons: From Planting to Harvest
Melons are one of my favorite crops to grow, and over the years, I’ve learned through trial and error what works best for a bountiful harvest. There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of picking a...
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