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With so many vegetables to sow in the spring garden, it's easy to feel spoiled for choice. Today, we present 10 must-have varieties—some are beloved classics that shouldn't be missed, while others offer new tastes and introduce unusual plants to our garden.
It's important to note that planting times can vary—either earlier or later—depending on outdoor temperatures and the type of cultivation. We also need to consider where to store the seedlings once we have sown them. Those that are more cold-tolerant can be sown in the greenhouse, while those requiring warmer temperatures should be grown indoors.
This allows us to start sowing even a month earlier. Once the seedlings have sprouted and temperatures have risen, we can transplant them into the vegetable garden or a larger pot.
8 vegetables to sow in spring
Carrots
Carrots are easy to grow and tolerate cold weather well. They should be sown when minimum temperatures are steadily above 8°C. There are varieties of carrots in various colours (orange, purple, and black) and shapes. You can find tapered carrots, truncated ones, up to 30 cm long, or very small, round, and even spinning top-shaped carrots.
Radishes
We can also sow radishes in the garden, as they have good cold tolerance. They can tolerate minimum temperatures of 5°C and are typically sown when the minimums are steadily above 8°C. We can even start sowing as early as February by planting seeds in a cold greenhouse. There are many original varieties of radishes to choose from; for example, there are totally white hybrids with an elongated shape, resembling a carrot, instead of the classic round one.
Cutting lettuces
Lets not forget our salads. As early as March we can start sowing cutting lettuces. They can be sown when the minimum temperatures exceed 10°C, and after a few weeks we can start the first harvests.
Vegetable garden beets
Garden chard, also known as beet, is not afraid of cold weather. It is sown in the vegetable garden as early as March when minimum temperatures are above 8°C. It is a typical cold-zone plant.
Pak Choi
We also make room for unusual vegetables, such as Pak Choi (Brassica rapa spp. Chinensis), a Chinese cabbage similar to Swiss chard. It features a thick white rib and light green leaves. The tender younger leaves can be eaten raw in salads, while the larger heads and ribs are delicious when cooked. We can sow Pak Choi from March to get a summer crop, and again in the fall to have Pak Choi until winter.
Spinach
The growing period for spinach varies according to the variety: some are grown in winter for spring harvests, while others are planted in spring to get harvests until late fall. Other vegetables that can be safely sown in the garden as early as March include Swiss chard, onions, peas, parsley, cutting radicchio, valerian, and most herbs such as sorrel, dill, basil, coriander, watercress, cumin, etc.
Tomatoes
From mid-April we can also start sowing Tomatoes in the garden. We can choose from many different varieties, so always check the minimum tolerated temperatures. From April we can also sow Cucumbers, Beans and Pumpkins outdoors.
Ginger
Ginger bulbs are planted in the garden from April to May when the minimum temperatures are steadily above 15°C. The plant will grow to about 80 cm tall with large leaves and produce a very showy, colorful flower. In the fall, as the cold weather arrives, we can cut down the plant and harvest the precious root. Some of it we will use in cooking, and the rest we will plant again next spring to have a new crop.
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