Plant Notes - Vegetables

GROW VEGETABLES AND FRUIT IN ZONE 9 - SACRAMENTO, CA REGION
The following pages have been written and compiled over many years of gardening to specifically address growing conditions in the Sacramento CA region. Outlying areas can expect slightly earlier frost dates in fall and later frost dates in spring. Feel free to copy these articles for your files. This content (Plant Notes-Vegetables) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
VEGETABLE VARIETIES (that grow well here) COMMENTS
(helpful tips)
Carrots (Daucus carota sativus) Royal Chantenay Supreme, Danvers, Scarlet Nantes, Cosmic Purple,Nantes, Little Fingers  
Leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) Falltime, Giant Musselburg  
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Four Seasons, Little Gem, Bronze Arrow, Red Ridinghood, Batavia Laura, Jericho, Salad Bowl, Parris Island Cos, Bk Seeded Simpson  
Onions (Allium porrum) Newburg, Rossa di Milano, Walla Walla, Siskiyou Sweet, Stockton red, Sweet Spanish, Bermuda  
Peas (Pisum sativum) Snap-Cascadia, Sugar Pod, Sugar Snap  
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) Yukon Gold, Red Gold, Yellow Fin, Caribe, Sangre, Carola  
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) America, Bloomsdale, Noble Giant, Spargo, Winter Giant  
Swiss Chard (Beta vulgaris cicla) Burgundy, Rhubarb, Forkhook, Golden, Rainbow  
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                  Sustainable Urban Gardens
   


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