well-timed harvest time of vegetables sown or plant outside betimes in the growing time of year , and ones that generally maturate rapidly or during cooler temperature results in the good flavor and longest harvesting period . Many of these also make safe fall crop , started later in the season .
Snap asparagus spears off at ground level when they are six to ten inches tall . Harvest over a period of six to eight weeks , as long as they are pencil thin .
If you planted beets in spring , July may be too late to harvest . Begin harvest when beets reach one inch in diameter , with the main harvest home when beets are two to three column inch across . youthful beet greens are great harvested and cooked too . harvest time fall beets before a moderate freeze ( 24 to 28 degrees F ) , or mulch heavily for continued harvest home through crepuscle .
Cool crops are 1 that you started outdoors during the cool of spring , and that like coolheaded temperature to spring up well . They also can be planted in late summer for a fall crop . crop broccoli before flowers come out to open , while the individual bloom parts ( floweret ) are still tight and dark green . Harvest clams when top dog are solid . If you wait too long , heads may part . To help preclude this , and to delay harvest , a magic is to pull up on the forefront until you get wind the upper roots snap . When cauliflower question ( curds ) are two inches across , tie outer leaves above the head with rubber bands to keep them white . you could then glean in a couple weeks when head are larger .
lead off harvest of carrot when they are one to two inches slurred . mention to packet or catalog information for your specific variety . Harvesting also can be used to thin carrots so some can mature great . Harvest spring - sown carrots before the heat of July , and late - season carrots before the ground freezes in recent fall .
you could glean leaf lettuce as before long as leaves get to the size you require . harvesting only prohibited leaves , letting more grow from the inside . steady picking of leaves extends the harvest time of year , as does sow sequential crops two to three weeks aside . Spinach can be harvested similarly , or you could harvest the whole flora . Once day get long than 14 hr , or in heat , spinach will grow marvelous and bloom — called “ bolting ” . For this rationality , it is often grown in the fall , as well as it being able to tolerate temperature in the adolescent to low XX . For fleeceable Allium cepa , harvest when they get to the size you desire . For dry onions , reap them when they are between one - after part and one column inch across for table economic consumption ( feeding ) .
When garden pea pods are light unripe and full , but before they yellow , is the best time to harvest . On the other hand , harvest snow peas when the seed start to show in pods but before they fill out . Harvest radishes when they are one - one-half to one inch across . Finish harvest before the heat of July , or for fall crop before the ground freezes in recent gloam .
Only harvest time stalks of pieplant , not leaves , as the leaves hold oxalic pane which can be toxic . Pick when stalk are one - half to one in in diameter .
As soon as turnips reach one inch across you’re able to set out their harvest time . They , too , are a good fall crop and will withstand several ignitor freezes , as can kale . Frost , in fact , improves the flavor of both . If leave too long , or grown poorly , white turnip halt may become woody . harvest time kale when leaves are the size of your hand .
Dr. Leonard Perry , Horticulture Professor EmeritusUniversity of Vermont
6/1/17Distribution of this release is made possible by University of Vermont and Green Works — the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association .
