10 fast-harvest vegetables you can plant and pick in just a few dozen days

Growing vegetables takes patience and hard work, and you need to spend a lot of time in your vegetable garden; usually it takes several months before you can harvest fresh vegetables.

But if you want a fast harvest, beginners can choose easy-to-grow, fast-growing vegetables, and in just a few short weeks they can be eating vegetables they grew themselves.

1. Spinach

Spinach is not only the fastest-growing vegetable, it is also one of the few vegetables that can tolerate partial shade, and it can grow at temperatures as low as 7-8 degrees.

Spinach is a relatively cold-hardy vegetable; once the leaves turn a fairly emerald green they can be harvested, as leaves left too long become very bitter.

2. Kale

Like spinach, kale is easy to grow and relatively cold-hardy, and can be grown on a balcony or in a small yard. Its growth requires plenty of water; if it is dry for a long time, its flavor becomes very bitter.

Kale has many varieties to choose from, and some varieties can be harvested for leaves in just a few weeks.

3. Lettuce

Among fast-growing vegetables, of course, there is lettuce. Generally, fresh lettuce can be harvested 30 days after sowing. It really grows very fast, and it is no exaggeration to say it looks different every day.

It prefers lower temperatures, needs appropriate shading in summer, and can be grown in pots.

4. Radish

I like to call white radishes "water radishes." They are also very suitable for beginners; you do not even need to raise seedlings, just scatter the seeds directly outside (the seeds are relatively large).

For pot cultivation, you need a very deep pot to grow them, as their roots are very large. There are also many varieties of water radish; I have never grown the red- and purple-skinned ones.

5. Zucchini

Zucchini is also one of the fastest-growing vegetables. Its harvest period is generally around 70 days, and care is very simple. They like a warm, moist environment, plenty of sunlight, and loose, fertile soil.

6. Red Radish (Carrot)

Red radish is a very suitable vegetable for beginners. Both its roots and leaves are edible, and in places with suitable temperatures it can be grown all year round. Its harvest period is generally 2 months.

7. Napa Cabbage

Napa cabbage, also called Chinese cabbage, likes cool weather. Spring and autumn are the most suitable seasons for planting it, and its harvest period is generally 30-45 days.

If you want to eat more tender napa cabbage, you can eat it after a month or a few weeks.

8. Green Onion

Scallions or green onions can generally be harvested after about 21 days of growth. They are best harvested when their stems and leaves reach 15 cm, though some varieties will differ slightly.

Of course, when harvesting you do not necessarily have to dig them up; you can cut off the leaves and let them grow again.

9. Beet

Here is another fast-growing vegetable. Both the roots and leaves are edible, and some people even eat it raw. This vegetable is also very nutritious, and it can generally be harvested in just over a month.

10. Baby Carrots

If you want to harvest carrots in a short time, then you must choose small varieties (baby carrots), such as "Three-Inch Ginseng," "Little Dumpling," and other varieties.

They are also very easy to grow in containers. The carrots they produce are small and delicate, the leaves are tender, and the leaves can also be used to make mixed salads.