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Beets |
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beets |
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Planting beets in the class garden |
Plant: 1/2
inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 10 to 20 days
Harvest:
60 days |
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Beet seeds are located in the dried
fruits of the plant. Each dried fruit contains about a half
dozen seeds. For small bunches of early beets, you can sow one
of the dried pods per cell
of a seedling tray. When the first true leaves appear, transplant the plugs in
the garden 4 inches apart. If you don't thin them, four or five seedlings will
grow, and you can pull a bunch of baby beets at each spot. Tender
young leaves can be eaten as greens. Harvest beets when they are 1
1/2 inches to 2 inches in diameter |
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Carrot |
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General information about growing
carrots
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Planting
carrots in the class garden |
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Plant: 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 14 to 25 days
Harvest:
60 to 70 days |
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Carrots are a biennial plant.
The root we eat is grown in the first season. Flowers are produced in the
second season. Carrots
are ready to harvest when the orange top starts to become visible or when the
root is about ½ in diameter. |
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Chard
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General information about growing
chard |
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Planting chard in the class
garden |
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Plant: 1/2
to 3/4 inch deep and 4 inches apart
Germinate: 7 to 14 days
Harvest:
55 to 60 days |
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Chard is a beet. Instead of
being grown to eat the root, the leaves of chard are eaten. Harvest when the leaves are about
3 inches long, but not more that 10 inches. Harvest leaves
from the outside first.
Chard is a biennial plant. |
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Kohlrabi
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General information about growing
kohlrabi |
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Planting kohlrabi in the
class garden |
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Plant: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 12 to 15 days
Harvest: 44 to 55 days |
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Kohlrabi is a cabbage family plant
that is is grown for its rounded stem that sits on top of the soil.
Tender, young leaves can be eaten as greens. Harvest the round stems when
they are 1 to 3 inches in
diameter or about the size of a tennis ball. |
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Lettuce
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General information about growing
lettuce |
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Planting lettuce in the class
garden |
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Plant: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 7 to 21 days
Harvest: 40 to 50 |
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Lettuce grows best in the cool temperatures of spring and
fall, but some leaf lettuces can tolerate heat. Harvest leaf lettuces by
picking individual leaves to extend the production of that plant. |
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Onion
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General information about growing
onions sets/seeds |
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Planting onion seeds and sets in
the class garden. |
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Plant seeds: 1/4
to 1/2 inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 10 to 14 days
Harvest: 90 to 120 days
Plant sets: 1 inch deep
and 3 inches apart |
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For spring green onions, harvest when the leaves are about 6
inches tall. We grow many onion varieties including Egyptian onions (also
called walking onions), a perennial that produces sets at the top of the plant. |
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Orach
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General information about growing
orach |
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planting orach in the class
garden |
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Plant: 1/4 to 1/2
inch deep and 2 inches apart
Germinate:
7 to 14 days
Harvest: 38 days |
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Orach is a spinach relative also called
mountain or French spinach, but has a more mild flavor. Orach is a cool
and warm season salad green alternative with green, red, or yellow foliage
varieties. Harvest leaves when the plant is
about 18 inches tall.
Orach often self sows. Photo from
A Thinking Stomach, May25, 2008,
http://athinkingstomach.blogspot.com/2008/05/greens-and-beans-growing-challenge.html
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Parsley
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General information about growing
parsley |
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Planting parsley in the
class garden |
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Plant: 1/4
inch deep and 6 inches apart
Germinate: 18 to 24 days days
Harvest: 70 to 90 days |
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Watch for the caterpillar of the black swallowtail
butterfly (nicknamed the parsley worm), which enjoys parsley during its hungry
larval stage. Harvest leaves from the outside to keep producing new leaves
in the center. |
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Peas
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General information about growing
peas |
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Planting peas in the class
garden |
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Plant: 1 to 1 1/2
inch deep and 5 to 6
inches apart
Germinate: 5 to 8 days
Harvest: 55 to 80 days |
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Snow peas are generally grown to eat the flat pods. If
the pods have enlarged peas, shuck the peas and prepare as garden peas. |
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Potatoes
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General information about growing
potatoes |
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Planting
seed potatoes in the class garden
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Plant: 6 inches deep
Harvest: 55 to 80 days |
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Potatoes are ready for harvest when the plant dies. For
new potatoes of 1 to 2 inches in size check plants in early summer before the
plants have died. |
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Radish
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General information about growing
radishes |
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Planting radishes in the class
garden. |
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Plant:
1/4 to 1/2
inch deep and 2
inches apart
Germinate: 3 to 10 days
Harvest: 25 to 50 days |
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Proper thinning ensures good root development. Harvest
most varieties when the root is 1 inch in diameter. Harvesting too
late results in a spongy, fibrous texture or cracked, hot radishes. |
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Spinach
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General information about growing
spinach |
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Planting spinach in the
class garden |
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Plant:
1/2 inch deep
and 2 inches apart
Germinate: 8 to 10 days
Harvest: 40 to 50 days |
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Harvest when leaves are about 3 inches long. Harvest
outer leaves first. When the flower stalk forms, harvest the entire plant. |
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