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Cucurbita maxima

Pumpkin

Grow Pumpkins by choosing the fruit job first, giving vines real ground, keeping water steady through fruit fill, and curing…

Raphanus sativus

Radish

Radish is a fast cool-season root crop that makes its best roots at 50 to 65 F, in about 25 to 45 days depending on variety.

Spinacia oleracea

Spinach

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a cool-season annual grown for tender leaves.

Cucurbita spp.

Squash

Grow Squash by deciding whether you want tender summer fruit or mature winter storage fruit, then matching space, pollination…

Ipomoea batatas

Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato grows from rooted slips rather than seed tubers, hides its entire crop under a vine mat until harvest, and only…

Solanum lycopersicum

Tomato

The choice between a determinate and an indeterminate Tomato decides your support, your pruning, and whether the crop arrives all…