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Want to start a simple garden but you’re struggling to fit it into your busy schedule? These are some of the easiest and quickest vegetables to grow. They are perfect choices for busybodies and beginners to put into their gardens. You will have a bountiful harvest in no time at all!
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Easiest and Quickest Vegetables to Grow
The easiest and quickest vegetables to grow are zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, lettuce, and spinach. There are some key traits to look for when choosing quick and easy vegetables. You will want them to simply need water and sunlight to produce tons of vegetables for you. Additionally, you will want them to easily grow under a wide variety of conditions. This will allow you to put minimal effort into choosing where to grow them and preparing the soil. Lastly, to allow you to reap your reward quickly, you will want plants that produce in a single season. Sorry, asparagus.
Zucchini
Zucchini is a beginner gardener’s dream. They grow in a variety of conditions and produce tasty squashes all season long. This plant can be planted as soon as the last frost passes and will have harvestable produce in just 45-55 days. It will continue producing until the last frost in the fall! You will quickly have plenty of fresh zucchini to enjoy all season long.
Growing zucchini is a very simple task. Once the danger of frost passes, all you have to do is sow the seeds directly into the soil. Make sure to follow the spacing and sow depth guidelines for your specific variety. They will need just 6-8 hours of sun per day and regular watering and the plant will do the rest! Don’t worry if you’re busy and forget to water them from time to time either. Well-established zucchini plants are very drought-tolerant and will forgive you for your mistake.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers are another one of the easiest and quickest vegetables to grow. This delicious vegetable is a staple in the gardens of both experts and beginners alike. For good reason too, they are effortless to grow and will fill your kitchen with produce. Cucumbers will mature and begin producing fruit in just 50-70 days. They will continue to grow more and more until it gets cold.
Cucumbers can be grown both horizontally and vertically, making them very versatile. They will fit almost anywhere in your garden or containers and need just 6-8 hours of sunlight a day. Planting them is as easy as sowing them directly in the soil as soon as the danger of frost is past. Just follow the spacing and depth instructions for your variety and you will be set up for success.
Bush Green Beans
Green beans are a delicious vegetable that you should add to your garden. Growing them is not complicated and you will have plenty to eat in no time. Once planted they will be ready for harvest in just 45-60 days. Bush green beans are determinate and only produced once, allowing you to harvest the whole plant once its beans are mature. Making even the harvest a quick affair.
Unlike pole varieties of beans, bush beans don’t require support. If setting up a support trellis for your garden is more time and energy than you are willing to commit, stick with bush beans. Growing them is as easy as sowing them directly in the soil once the threat of freezing is over. Follow spacing and depth guidelines for your particular kind of bush green beans. Then just give them 6-8 hours of sunlight a day and proper watering for an amazing harvest.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a garden staple for good reason. They are one of the easiest and quickest vegetables to grow. For the quickest results, you can buy young tomato plants at most home improvement or gardening centers. Once they are in the ground they will begin to produce in 65-85 days depending on the variety. You can also start them from seed as well, but it will take much longer and it’s best to sow them early indoors for a head start on the growing season.
Tomatoes produce a lot of fruit with little effort. Especially if you take the easy route of buying young plants from a store. Transplant them with some support like a tomato cage and the plant will take off from there. With a little water, light, and a watchful eye on pests, it will thrive. Soon your kitchen will be overflowing with ripe and tasty tomatoes all summer long.
Peppers
Another favorite of many gardeners is peppers and they are a breeze to grow. They come in many sweet and spicy varieties that are all just as easy to care for. Like tomatoes, you can buy young plants from garden centers and home improvement stores to speed up the growing process and lighten your workload. Once transplanted, you can expect peppers in about 70-85 days. If you want to start them from seed yourself, grow them indoors so your plant will begin producing earlier.
Pepper plants are very hardy and heavy producers. It will not take much effort to raise plants that will provide tons of delicious peppers. All they need is water and about 6-8 hours of sunlight a day. Peppers, especially hotter varieties, are drought tolerant and can survive a busy or forgetful gardener. They are a perfect choice to spice up your garden and your kitchen.
Radishes
Radishes are notoriously fast-growing vegetables. From seed, they mature in a blazing fast 25-45 days. You will have fresh radishes to eat in no time. You can keep replanting them multiple times in a season because of their speedy growth. This crop is the speed demon of the vegetable world.
Not only are radishes one of the quickest-growing options for your garden, but they are also very easy to care for. Sow seeds directly in the soil once the danger of frost has passed. Be sure to follow the spacing and sow depth requirements of the variety you are using. As long as they are watered properly and receive at least 6 hours of sunlight, your crop will be ready for harvest in the blink of an eye.
Romaine Lettuce
Romaine lettuce is another of the quickest and easiest vegetables to grow. Clocking in at 60-80 days till harvest, most gardeners will grow a lettuce crop in both the spring and the late summer. This leafy salad green grows quickly and likes to be harvested early before it bolts and goes to seed. Plant some in your garden and it will be in your kitchen before you know it.
As mentioned, lettuce is also a breeze to grow. Just sow the seeds directly in the ground and thin as directed for your variety. With just 6-8 hours of sunlight, it grows vigorously in most soils. Since it prefers the wetter spring or late summer/early fall, watering is often handled by Mother Nature. You will find yourself just having to give it a good watering when the weather does not help out.
Spinach
Spinach is another leafy salad green similar to romaine lettuce. Comparably, it is just as simple to grow in your garden. What is even better is that it grows even faster than romaine. Spinach is ready to harvest in just 35-50 days after sowing. That is almost fast enough to give radishes some competition in a race.
Growing spinach is just like growing romaine lettuce and, therefore, very easy. Spinach needs just 4-6 hours of sunlight a day and it has decent drought resistance. Not much will get in the way of this plant reaching your dinner plate. With its short growing time, you will also find it easy to get multiple crops to fit into one growing season. Spinach is a simple and quick choice for your garden.
