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Originally Posted by hornadylnl  Here's my next question for gardners. I'm not a huge fan of vegetables but I like corn, green beans, peas, potatos, etc. I'm looking at rareseeds.com and they have so many different variety of beans and other plants. What variety do I want if I want just plain jane vegetables like you would buy in a can at grocery stores? I want plane jane green beans, wax beans, beans like you would make ham and beans with, pinto beans, and peas.
Do you guys have any luck planting potatos here? I've heard yes and no. I'll be planting tomatoes as well. That website has some seed collections of 300 packets for $375 but I don't think I'd eat over half of the stuff that's in the collection. I'm mostly wanting to plant stuff that will can. Also, I want them to be heirloom seeds so I can save seeds every year and replant. |
Go to Wally World, Lowe's, Rural King, TSC, just about anywhere and go through their seed packets (Rural King and TSC have the best selection I think). There will be several varieties of each veggie. Best thing to do is read the description on the back of the packets. Corn, for instance... some varieties are much sweeter than others. It's a crapshoot.
Potatoes? Absolutely they can be grown here! You have to make long hills about 12" high to plant them on... that's the key. Tomatoes... piece of cake. Keep in mind that Tom's are actually vines (heavy vines too!) so you have to keep them staked up very well. You can grow any veggies you want here so long as you have decent soil conditions and plenty of sun.