What are the best vegetables to grow?The following content also has some reference value for raised garden beds.
- Lettuce
Lettuce thrives in cold spring and cool autumn. Unlike other vegetables, this plant can grow even if there is snow or frost on the ground. Lettuce is probably the easiest vegetable to grow. You don't need to fertilize it, just water it once a week, and it can be planted in any soil.
Perfect for any garden: Lettuce is perfect for urban gardening, even for gardeners with small spaces. It is suitable for gardening containers, raised garden beds, and even indoors. Lettuce can be harvested all year round. The more lettuce you harvest, the more it will grow.
Deer, rabbit, and squirrel all like lettuce. If not protected, these pests will eat your vegetables before they grow. When the weather is cool or humid in spring or autumn, you are likely to find slugs on lettuce. If you plant it in a cool, humid place in the soil, you should also see slugs.
High temperatures can cause lettuce to bloom and become inedible. To avoid this situation, be sure to plant lettuce in a partially shady place.
- Kale
Kale is the hardy vegetable. Unlike any other vegetable on the list, kale can be grown all year round.
Kale is a vegetable that can be considered as an ornamental plant. This means that it can add color, characteristics, and beauty to any type of garden.
Kale can be grown in garden pots. This is one of the most adaptable vegetables and is very suitable for beginners to grow.
Like many other vegetables, aphids are an insect you don't want. Aphids can cause kale to wilt or die.
Like lettuce, kale does not tolerate extreme heat. Under direct sunlight, kale blooms and becomes inedible.
- Cabbage
Although some vegetables are hardy, cabbage thrives in cold weather. If you want the most delicious cabbage, you should plant it immediately after the last frost.
It doesn't require too much space. They also grow well in other vegetables and plants. When protected by nature, they will do better. This makes it very suitable for planting raised garden beds.
Deer, rabbits, and squirrels like to eat cabbage leaves in early summer. Both protected and unprotected pests pose a risk to cabbage cultivation.
Cabbage is most vulnerable to insect attacks. Aphids, mites, and many other insects often attack the leaves and head of cabbage.
When growing cabbage, the biggest advice I get is to give your vegetables enough space. Most gardeners grow cabbage too close together, which inhibits the size and flavor of the vegetables.
- Tomatoes
Tomatoes thrive in mild summers, and as summer warms, tomatoes get bigger and more. If summer stays mild, tomatoes will also be good. Stop looking for low maintenance vegetables.
Tomatoes are considered a vine vegetable. Because of this, you can train them to grow vertically, which is very suitable for gardeners with small spaces.
Suitable for all types of gardens: Some vegetables only taste good in the field. It's not a tomato. You can plant them in containers, window sills, raised garden beds, or even in poor soil.
Tomatoes are one of the most susceptible vegetables to insects. Aphids, fruit worms, and even stinking insects like to eat them.
Tomatoes are also one of the most susceptible vegetables. It is expected that wilt will affect your plants in late summer (even if you take proper care of them).
Tomatoes don't taste good in cold weather. If you are planting tomatoes, you should not plant them outdoors about a month after the last frost.
- Pumpkin
Pumpkins thrive in heat and cold, and they are one of the most versatile vegetables. Some varieties can be grown in cold weather, some can grow in warm weather, and some are very suitable for both types of weather.
Pumpkin is one of the few vegetables that, if planted properly, can be harvested as early as May to November. This means that you will be able to enjoy or store it all year round.
Pumpkin is probably the best vegetable on this list, helping to cross pollinate other vegetables. Planting pumpkins next to tomatoes, beans, carrots, and cucumbers can yield more vegetables.
This is a bit different from other vegetables. Pumpkins need a lot of room to grow. If you try to grow it in a garden basin, raised garden bed, or small garden, it may replace other vegetables or fail to achieve the harvest you want.
- Pepper
Peppers like heat, and these low maintenance vegetables like high temperatures. The longer summer lasts, the more chilies there are. But on mild summer days, they can do just as well.
Peppers are very suitable for vertical gardening. When it comes to vertical gardening, chilies are one of the vegetables you might not expect, but they are just as good as other vegetables. This makes it very suitable for small spaces, even in flower pots.
Peppers can grow well in all types of gardens. I especially like to plant them in raised garden beds and garden containers.
Pepper is one of the few vegetables that don't need to worry about pests all year round.
- Radish
Radishes thrive in drought: Like carrots and other root crops, they require little water, sunlight, or even pest care. This makes it ideal for sunny and partially sunny garden areas.
You can plant, plant, and harvest radishes in early spring, late autumn, and even winter!
Almost all the vegetables above can grow in any type of soil. The only exception is radish. Radishes need fertile, granular soil. If it were planted in clay, it would not grow at all.
