Vegetables

Home-grown vegetables depend on timing: cool-season crops go in early and late, and warm-season crops wait until after the last frost. Full sun, fertile soil and steady water do the rest. These profiles give sowing dates, spacing, feeding and solutions to the most common crop problems.

Illustration of Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum)

Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum

  • Full sun
  • Medium water
  • Annual
Illustration of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

  • Full sun
  • High water
  • Annual
Illustration of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

  • Full sun
  • High water
  • Annual

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