Growing Cool Weather Veggies

Cool-season veggies grow best at temperatures averaging 15° cooler than those needed by warm season types.

Many have edible leaves or roots (lettuce, spinach, carrots, and radishes); others (artichokes, broccoli, cauliflower) are grown for their immature flowers. A few (peas, broad beans) produce edible seeds.

Most can endure short periods of frost.

For best results, you need to grow them to maturity in cool weather; otherwise, they can turn bitter tasting, or bolt to seed rather than producing edible parts

Cold crop vegetables:

  • Beets
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Collards
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Chard
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Lettuce
  • Onions (bulbing)
  • Onions (bunching–standard onions harvested before they form bulbs).
  • Bok choy
  • Peas
  • Potatoes
  • Radishes
  • Spinach
  • Cilantro