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At GrowJoy, our goal is to offer the best and biggest selection of vegetable plants, featuring a variety within each category. From heirloom tomatoes and rare pepper varieties to classic favorites like lettuce and carrots, we have something for every garden and taste preference. Packed and shipped with care so they arrive alive and thriving.
The plants form neat grass-like clumps of tubular leaves that contribute an onion flavor to salads, creamy soups, potatoes, egg dishes, and others. A wonderful addition to an herb garden. Great for containers, and also makes a neat border. Enjoy the light purple blooms in the spring--they are edible, too.
sun requirements Full sun to partial shade, variety dependent. height 9-40 inches. hardiness zones 2-11. Head lettuce is a great, easy vegetable for beginners because there’s a huge range of options. You can companion plant it with lots of other crops, and you can grow many successions of it per growing season.
Carrots. The Spruce / K. Dave. Carrots are an easy-to-grow vegetable that you plant from seed and nurture until they sprout fully in about 70 days. They can grow year-round if they are planted in the spring or fall (avoid planting in the summer, as they do not take well to the scorching heat).
Juicy tomatoes, snappy green beans, and hardy potatoes are just a few of the best vegetables to grow in your home garden throughout the year. Even better, you don’t need a huge yard to learn how to start a vegetable garden! Containers on your patio, deck, or balcony make great homes for your plants, too. And if you’re feeling really ...
Size of Garden. If planting in the ground, a 10’ x 10’ garden (100 square feet) is a manageable size. Pick 3 to 5 of your favorite vegetables and buy 3 to 5 plants of each one. If planting in a raised bed, a 4’ x 4’ or 4’ x 8’ is a good beginner size. See our Raised Garden Bed Guide, which covers the benefits of raised beds, how to ...
Vegetables Growing Guide. Note: Each of the vegetables listed below links to an individual vegetable plant guide that covers sowing to growing to harvest! Vegetable. Start Seeds Indoors (weeks before last spring frost) Start Seeds Outdoors (weeks before or after last spring frost) Minimum Soil Temp. to Germinate (°F) Cold Hardiness.
Seedling: Pepper seedlings still sport the smooth-edged, shiny leaf of adult plants. General Structure: Pepper plants are relatively tall, growing up to roughly knee or hip height in some cases. They are quite bushy with simple, smooth leaves. Leaves: Simple and smooth, pepper leaves tend to have a shine to them.
Container gardens require different soil depths depending on what you’ll grow there. For maximum success, use the following guide. Four to five inches: basil, coriander, chives, all kinds of greens or lettuces, radishes. Six to seven inches: Asian greens, bush beans, garlic, kohlrabi, onions, mint, peas, thyme.
Watering your vegetable garden. When at all possible, watering should be done in the morning. This prevents fungus and mildew growth on the leaves by allowing the sun to dry the leaves off. Watering can sometimes be done in the cool of the evening, but care should be given not to soak the leaves of plants.