Root Vegetables: How to Grow Carrots, Radishes and Potatoes
A guide to root vegetables as one group: what counts as a root crop, how true roots, tubers and storage roots differ, why most are sown where they grow, loose soil, spring and fall timing, thinning distances and storage, with...
Sweet Potatoes: How to Grow Sweet Potatoes From Slips to Harvest
Plant sweet potato slips 3 to 4 weeks after your frost-free date once the soil reaches 65 F, most often 12 to 18 inches apart, ideally on a raised ridge.
Carrot Plant: How to Grow Carrots From Seed to Harvest
Sow carrot seed directly once the soil reaches at least 45 F, keep it damp for two to three weeks, thin to 1 to 4 inches, and harvest about 65 to 75 days after sowing.
How to Grow Turnips and Rutabagas: Turnip Plant Timing, Spacing and Storage
Sow rutabagas about 100 days before your first fall frost and turnips 3 to 4 weeks later, 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep; thin, water evenly, and store rutabagas cold and humid for months.
How to Grow Radishes: Radish Plant Timing for Spring and Winter Types
Sow spring radishes 1/4 to 1/2 inch down from early spring and pull them in 3 to 5 weeks at about 1 inch; sow daikon and other winter radishes in midsummer to late summer, space them 4 to 6 inches,...
