Seed Picks for My 2020 Garden (Cool Season Crops)
This is part 2 of Seed Picks for my 2020 Garden. You can find Part 1 HERE.
My friend recently asked me what I was most excited to grow this summer and I couldn’t think of anything. While that may come as a surprise, my speechlessness wasn’t because I don’t have something I’m excited about, it’s because I’m excited about it all!
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Asking what my favorite thing in the garden to grow is would be like asking which of my children is my favorite! Haha!
While I may not be able to pick a certain plant as a favorite, I do have favorite varieties of every plant I grow as you saw in part 1 of my seed picks. Part 2 is the same, but includes all the cool season crops I grow.
Radish
My Favorites
- Chinese Red Meat
- Japanese Minowase Daikon
- Schwarzer Runder Radish
- Watermelon Radish
- Pink Beauty Radish
Still Testing
Onions
(These are definitely grown based on region. For more information on what kind of onions to grow in your area click HERE)
My Favorites
- Valencia (120 days)
- Rossa Di Milano (110 days)
- Zebrune Shallot
Still Testing
- NY Early (98 days)
New this Year
- Gladstone Onion (110 days)
Herbs
My Favorites
New this Year
Still Testing
Kale
My Favorites
- Blue Curled Scotch (50-60 days)
- Nero Di Toscana (55 days)
- Scarlet (55 days)
Still Testing
- Dwarf Siberian (50 days)
- Vates Kale (50- 60 days)
Spinach
My Favorite
- Bloomsdale Long Standing (48 days)
Still Testing
- Giant Winter (50 days)
- Winter Bloomsdale (45 days)
Peas
My Favorite
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- Sugar Snap (58 days)
- Oregon Sugar Pod II (snow pea)
Still Testing
- Wando (shelling pea 68 days)
- Kelvedon Wonder (shelling pea)
Turnips
My Favorite
- Purple Top White Globe (40- 50 days)
Still Testing
- Scarlet Ohno Revival (50 days)
Lettuce
My Favorites
- Little Gem (50 days)
- Winter Density (55 days full size)
Still Testing
- Merlot (35-50 days)
- Crisp Mint lettuce (60-65 days)
- Rouge D’Hiver (48- 65 days)
- Cimmaron (60-70 days)
- Mesclun Mix (28 days baby)
New This Year
- Pirat Butterhead Lettuce (55 days full size)
Cabbage
My Favorites
- Golden Acre (62 days)
- Red Express (62 days)
- Chinese Cabbage Hilton (70 days)
Still Testing
- Brunswick Cabbage (90 days)
Greens
My Favorites
- Mizuna (20-50 days)
- Arugula (20-50 days)
- Claytonia (40 days)
- Bok Choy Purple Lady (45 days)
- Tatsoi (40- 50 days)
- Vates Collards (75 days)
- Champion Collards (70 days)
- Yellow Heart Winter Choy (45 days)
Beets
Still Testing
Celery
My Favorite
Chinese Pink (90 days) Very easy to grow! Flavor is different than other celery but it’s worth it to grow because it’s much easier than other varieties.
Broccoli
Still Testing
- DeCicco (48 days)
- Waltham 29 (85 days)
Carrots
My Favorite
St. Valery (70 days) This one is incredibly sweet and maintains its crunchiness when grown as a fall crop.
Black Nebula (70 days)
