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Types of vegetables
(1) Heat-loving typeNot tolerant of frost. Such as: tomatoes, eggplant, green peppers, sweet potatoes, peanuts, green beans, edamame, various beans, watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber, gourd, bitter melon, loofah, melon, amaranth, water spinach, corn, taro, sesame, sunflower, water spinach, etc.;
(2) Cold-loving typeNot tolerant of heat; seedlings need cool weather, and frost can enhance the flavor when mature. Such as: Chinese cabbage, white radish, mustard greens, cabbage, head cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, turnip, potato, lettuce, celtuce, carrot, celery, beet, spinach, celery, cilantro, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy, onion, scallion, Chinese chives, etc.;
(3) Cold-hardy typeCan survive the winter. Such as: broad beans, peas, rapeseed, asparagus, shepherd's purse, etc.
Heat-loving vegetables:Plant them in spring after the frost has passed, when the weather warms up and the temperature is stable. Slow-growing heat-loving vegetables should be planted earlier; some may need to be started in a greenhouse before the frost has passed to ensure enough time to mature. As for fast-growing heat-loving vegetables, such as water spinach and amaranth, they can be planted from spring all the way to late summer and early autumn.
Cold-loving vegetables, in frost-free areas, can be planted in both autumn and winter; in areas with frost, they should be planted in late summer and early autumn to ensure they mature before the frost arrives. In cold regions, they can also be planted in spring, but the seedlings need to be started in a greenhouse first and then transplanted outdoors. Fast-maturing cold-loving vegetables, such as cherry radishes, baby bok choy, Shanghai bok choy and lettuce, can be planted in spring in both the south and the north.
Cold-hardy vegetables,the seedlings are very cold-hardy, but they need warm weather to grow and mature. So they are generally planted some time before the first frost, allowing them to grow seedlings that will overwinter. In the cold winter, the seedlings will not freeze to death, but they almost stop growing, and then continue growing when the weather warms up the following spring.
Choosing the time to plant vegetables
As for choosing the time, everyone has their own habits; some go by season, some by month. Below we try to provide some vegetable varieties suitable for planting, classified by different times, for friends to choose from as a reference.
Spring, autumn and sowing
Vegetables suitable for spring sowing:Spinach, baby bok choy, amaranth (heat-loving, best sown in May), lettuce, eggplant, cucumber, water spinach, Chinese chives, sweet potato vines, chrysanthemum greens, chili pepper, tomato, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, cowpea, bitter melon, watermelon, hyacinth bean, Malabar spinach, etc.;
Vegetables suitable for autumn sowing(plant some cold-hardy vegetables to overwinter)：Spinach, cauliflower, black-hearted wu (wuta cai), garlic, cilantro, caitai, Swiss chard, radish, scallion, celtuce, lettuce, celery, pea shoots, etc.
Choosing by season
Season | Main vegetables planted are as follows |
Spring (Gregorian calendar March to May) | Chinese chives, amaranth, tomato, bitter melon, jiuxin cai, loofah, peas, green beans, houttuynia, facing-heaven chili, eggplant, perilla, Malabar spinach, corn, purple back cai, eggplant, gourd |
Summer (Gregorian calendar June to August) | Water spinach, watercress, cauliflower, youmai cai, cucumber, winter melon, pumpkin, watermelon, vegetable melon, chili pepper, bitter melon |
Autumn (Gregorian calendar September to November) | Chinese cabbage, white radish, cowpea, oil bean, spinach, cilantro, red caitai, Chinese cabbage, celery, autumn eggplant, garland chrysanthemum, celtuce |
Winter (Gregorian calendar December to the following February) | Green vegetables, choy sum, spinach, lettuce, carrot, cilantro, lily, radish, mustard greens |
Vegetables that can be planted year-round | Garlic, scallion, baby bok choy, bean sprouts |
Choosing by month
Growers in the south can move things up a bit, while growers in the north had best delay by half a month to a month:
January：Rapeseed, Siyue man, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, potato, scallion, eggplant, tomato, chili pepper, taro, cilantro.
February：Siyue man, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, potato, scallion, cilantro, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, broccoli, chili pepper, taro, Chinese cabbage, radish, cabbage.
March：Siyue man, spinach, Chinese kale, Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, chili pepper, taro, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, amaranth, cabbage.
April:Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, chili pepper, taro, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese chives, celery.
May：Chinese cabbage, radish, taro gourd, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, tomato, loofah, winter melon, pumpkin, bitter melon, scallion, cilantro, cowpea, edamame, water spinach, rapeseed, amaranth, cabbage, celery, Chinese chives.
June：Water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, celery, cauliflower.
July：Water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, cauliflower, green beans, eggplant, tomato, celery.
August：Water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, cowpea, edamame, bitter melon, scallion, radish, cauliflower, green beans, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic.
September：Water spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, amaranth, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, green vegetables, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.
October：Cabbage, rapeseed, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.
November：Cabbage, rapeseed, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum.
December:Cabbage, rapeseed, Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, spinach, Chinese kale, lettuce, scallion, cilantro, celery, broccoli, peas, carrot, garlic, radish, cauliflower, garland chrysanthemum, eggplant, tomato, chili pepper.
Source: Agricultural Assistant
