If you love to garden, but live in a region with a short growing season, you can still successfully grow vegetables outdoors in the homestead garden. Fresh scallions, chives, lettuce, spinach, basil, and radishes are all fast-growing veggies that are easy to grow, easy to harvest, and easy to sell as a supplemental cash crop.
继续读下去,你会发现10种快速生长的蔬菜,它们成熟快、储存好。
Scallions
Scallions are any variety of onions harvested before the bulb matures. You will never find a more elegant flavor than spring scallions fresh picked from the garden. Scallions bring the pungent, sweet green flavor without the tears and peeling of a mature onion.
Clump-formingAllium fistulosum是一个开花的多年生品种,从不形成鳞茎。植物作为一个有吸引力的花园边缘为丰富的供应葱整个春天和夏天长。大葱喜欢阳光充足、排水良好的地方,在营养丰富的壤土中生长得最好。葱每周至少需要一英寸的水。
Lettuce
种植生菜前,用有机花园堆肥或老的草食动物(牛、羊、马、山羊)的粪便使土壤肥沃。把土好好耕作,使它松而易碎。
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Butter and Bibb lettuce seedlings can be planted 4 inches apart. For romaine and endive lettuce varieties, plant seeds 6 to 8 inches apart. Lettuce varieties mature anywhere from 50 to 60 days.
Spinach
A leafy vegetable that loves the sun, spinach thrives in fertile, loamy, well-drained soil. Plant seedlings 4 to 6 inches apart in rows spaced 12 to 18 inches. As seedlings develop, weed out the weakest plants, making room for vigorous growth of the healthiest spinach plants. Provide an inch of water weekly.
Basil
如果你喜欢新鲜的香蒜沙司和意大利面,罗勒是春天花园里的必备食物。罗勒可以为酱料、汤、沙拉和炖菜增添风味。罗勒很容易种植,喜欢早晨的阳光和肥沃、排水良好的土壤。把植物种在花园里,或者种在厨房窗台上的花盆里。
Radishes
For a crispy, crunchy, spicy bite of flavor, nothing beats a radish.Fast-growing radishesflourish when planted as a cover crop for potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, and cucumbers. Plant radishes in a full sun, well-drained spot in the garden. Water to keep the garden soil uniformly moist. If the soil is allowed to dry out completely between watering, radishes will be tough and bitter tasting.
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Radishes mature in less than 50 days. Harvest when radishes are marble-size or larger (the larger the radish, the hotter the taste). If you haven’t tried roasted radishes, you are in for a treat. Brush radishes with extra-virgin olive oil, bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes or until fork-tender.
Bush Beans
Easy to grow bush beans are a summer treat. Grown best in nutrient-rich soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5, bush beans produce an abundant crop in a sunny spot that receives plenty of water. Plant seeds 4 to 6 inches apart in rows spaced 2 feet.
Carrots
When planting carrots, choose a well-drained area in a full sun location. Prepare the garden before planting by weeding, removing roots and rocks, and amending with organic compost or aged manure. Test soil, amending again as needed. The pH should be between 6.0 to 6.8 for optimum growth.
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Keep in mind that carrot seedlings are super-sensitive to frost. Plant carrot seeds outdoors three weeks after the last frost date of spring. When seedlings are 3 inches tall, thin to 2 to 3 inches apart to allow carrots plenty of room to mature.
Beets
A root vegetable, beets have the same growing requirements and light preferences as carrots, turnips, and parsnips: nutrient-rich soil, plenty of sunshine, and lots of water. Plant in rows 12 inches apart. Thin to 3 inches between plants.
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切成细细的嫩甜菜叶放在春天的沙拉里味道很好。甜菜储藏得很好,在整个冬天提供了各种美味的菜肴。试着把它们磨碎放在沙拉中,煮,烤,烤,或作为配菜油炸,或作为调味品腌制。
Bok Choy
A staple in Asian cuisine, bok choy requires a fertile, loamy, well-drained soil in a full sun spot in the garden. Soil pH should be from 6.5 to 7.02 for optimum harvest and the most tender, flavorful heads.
Bok choy is crunchy and crisp raw, and great in salads or slaws. The nutrient-rich vegetable flavors soups and stews and is a zesty condiment when pickled or fermented. Plant bok choy after all danger of frost, and keep competitive weeds at bay.
Peas
A climbing, vining vegetable, peas excel in rich, loamy soil with a pH of 6.7. However, you can still achieve a bountiful harvest in soil with a pH of 5.0 to 7.0. The soil needs to drain well. Peas cannot thrive with soggy roots.
Provide support such as a wall, fence, or trellis as the plants mature. As pods develop, thin every other pod for early spring peas, and allow the remaining pods to mature for summer picking.
Choosing A Garden Location
Climate conditions dictate what vegetables proliferate and at what time of year. There are optimum climate ranges for all vegetable crops. Some fast-growing vegetables are heat sensitive while others that are cold-sensitive may be affected by a late frost.
当建立一个新的花园,土壤类型和地形是重要的考虑因素。蔬菜需要阳光充足、土壤营养丰富、排水良好的地方。
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While some soils are suitable, others may be less so and require modification of the soil or an adjustment in growing methods. Water holding capacity, fertility of the soil, and soil pH influence the garden management chores that will need to be addressed.
Test The Soil Before Planting
如果你在你的土地上有多个种植地点,从所有地区取土壤样本来测试土壤肥力是明智的。自己动手做pH测试套件可以在网上买到,也可以从当地的家庭和花园中心购买。
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However, for a complete and accurate broad-spectrum soil analysis, take samples to your local county extension office. Plan to amend the soil as recommended.
Preparing The Garden For Planting
No matter if you are establishing a new gardening site or planting in a previously cultivated patch, it is important to work the soil. Till to a depth of at least a foot, removing roots, rocks, and weeds.
Hoe and rake the soil to break up dirt clods. If the soil (based on the results of your soil test) indicates it needs a bit of help, work in generous amounts of organic garden compost or well-aged herbivore manure (cow, sheep, goat, llama, horse, mule).
Choose a garden site with excellent drainage. Vegetables contain a lot of water, and growing plants require lots of moisture. However, they cannot tolerate standing water so avoid a location where water pools. Make sure there is a water tap close to your garden site. Availability of water is essential, and you can’t count on seasonal rains.
Consider Planting Vegetable Starts
为了在生长季节快速生长,可以从当地的苗圃或园艺商店购买幼苗。这些植物应该是健康的,长得很好,以便于移植。如果你喜欢从种子开始种植花园植物,那就早点开始。
Growing Vegetables Without A Garden Bed
如果你住在公寓,复式公寓或公寓没有花园,一个露台,阳台,或公寓屋顶可以生产美味新鲜的蔬菜和水果整个夏天。
Growing Vegetables In Containers
Use lightweight pots and containers to plant colorful flowering squash, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, and green beans.Galvanized tubswith holes drilled in the bottom for drainage, are excellent for compact city gardens.
If you are using taller decorative planters, fill up the bottom half with rocks, then fill the container or pot with potting soil mixture. That way, you will require less potting soil, and the roots can stretch out, grow, and drain.
Growing Vegetables In Crates
塑料、可堆叠的板条箱托盘,如用于烘焙的托盘,是快速生长的绿色蔬菜的好选择。在托盘上铺上粗棉布或景观布,以容纳土壤。填入等量的泥炭、有机堆肥和土壤的混合物。撒上种子,给托盘浇水,看着你的花园成长。你很快就会有稳定的新鲜蔬菜沙拉供应。
Grow Climbing Vines
Allow climbing and vine-type plants to ramble over the side of balcony rails or on the trellis around the patio.
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Keep in mind that gardens on the side of high-rise buildings are exposed to more sunlight and wind than those grown on ground level. Make sure to provide plenty of water, and check dryness levels daily.
Consider Fast-Growing Strawberries
虽然不是蔬菜,但长得快的草莓是这个小菜园的好作物,结出大量甜美多汁的浆果。选择长生品种,整个夏天都有浆果。
Picking off every other flower bloom will produce larger fruit. Leave the flowers alone for a larger harvest of smaller berries. Often the smaller berries are not the most attractive, but they always seem to be the sweetest.
Resources
- Easy Vegetables to Grow, Texas A&M
- Vegetable Growing, Agriculture Victoria
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