Top 10 Winter Vegetables to Grow at Home! Get Better Harvest
Growing Winter Vegetables At Home Is Very Easy, if You Follow up the Right Season & Technique to Grow Them. In this Post, I am Going to give you a Short Description of Winter Vegetables to Grow in Pots, with Some of the Magical Growth Hacks. So Keeps on reading.
The Winter Vegetables to Grow From seeds can Be Planted when the Nights Get a Little Cooler & day temp. Lies around 16 to 30°C.
What is the right Time to Grow Winter Vegetable Seeds?
First Let’s Know What is the Right Time to Grow any of these Winter Vegetables. In General, The Winter Vegetables that grow in little Coolness are Grown in the Late Summer days from their Seeds. September & October month is the Most Common Time to Grow These Vegetable Plants, But it Majorly depends upon The Temperature of the Environment.
& It Varies From place to Place to Place. The most Successful Way is to first Check the Temperature, that You can check very Easily, From the Google or Weather of your Area. The Best Sowing Time, harvesting duration & Some other details, for every Plant will be mentioned on the screen, you can take a look of that as well.
What are the Winter Vegetables To Grow From Seed?
So now Let’s Come to Our List of Easy to Grow Winter Vegetables. Following Are the Some Winter Vegetables to Grow From Seeds;-
White Radishes;-
The Most Easiest ones for a Beginner in my Opinion are the White Radish Seeds. Because they Grow Quickly & Requires a Very Less Care. The most common Seedling Mistake to avoid is their leggy ness. So Grow their Seeds in a Well Lit Area, a little away from sun.
White Radishes as well as red radishes Both grow in same, can be Planted in containers with a Very Successful Harvest. A Well Draining Loose Soil Mix is also Very Important to grow Radishes. Proper spacing between two seeds of white Radishes is also important for a Healthy Harvest.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 40 to 70°F
- Harvest Time – 80 to 100 days
- Germination Time – 2 to 4 days.
- Best Fertilizer – Bone Meal, Vermi Compost
Spinach;-
The Next Winter Vegetable that can Be harvested with in 30 to 40 Days is the Spinach. Now there are so many types of Spinach Plants, that Grow in different regions. But as General, Spinach Plants are Easy To Grow, only problem that You may Face is their Small Leaf Size.
& The most Common Cause of this Problem is the Seed Quality & Type, therefore you can Check Out some good Quality Winter Vegetable Seeds Here, thay Ensures a Healthy & big size Harvest. Spinach Seeds grow Very Quickly, if the Temperature is normal.
Spinach Seed to Harvest Guide Video!
- Sow Time & Temp. – 50 to 60°F
- Harvest Time – 30 to 40 Days
- Germination Time – 4 to 6 days
- Best Fertilizer – Cow Dung Compost
Pepper Plants;-
The next winter Vegetable Seeds to grow are Pepper Seeds. You can Grow all Types including bell peppers, Chilli Pepper etc… They aren’t The Best Plants to Grow in Hard Winter Days. because In late December days, the extreme temperature decrease causes dormancy & a Stunted Growth. But after a Few days they Starts to Grow again.
Pepper Plants are Easy to Grow Plants, the only Common problem that You may Face is the Leaf curl. But it can Be Prevented very easily by the use of a powerful Pesticide.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 70 to 80°F
- Harvest Time – 100 to 120 days
- Germination Time – 5 to 7 days
- Best Fertilizer – Vegetables Fertilizer
Cabbages & Cauliflower;-
The Next Winter Vegetable to grow in pots are cabbages, they have very Tiny Seeds. But they grow very quickly, if Your Soil mix is soft & porous. Smaller seeds Grow, but Requires a Little more attention, providing them a Good Soil mix can Solve Your Problem. Must check out Our Vegetables Soil recipe, because it works Really Well.
Cabbages also come in varieties, that You can Consider as well. Besides all that, cabbages & cauliflower Plants both grow very Easily in winter days.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 60 to 65°F
- Harvest Time – 80 to 120 days
- Germination Time – 3 to 4 days
- Best Fertilizer – Cow Dung Compost
Tomatoes;-
Tomatoes are also winter season Plants, That Come in many Varieties & they are easy to Grow, Container Plants. You can grow Their Seeds In the Start of winters, with a Very Little Effort.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 70 to 80°F
- Harvest Time – 70 to 100 days
- Germination Time – 5 to 8 days
- Best Fertilizer – Vermi Compost, Tomato Fertilizer
Potatoes;-
Potato Plants also Grow Very Fastly In Winter days, you can Start them from sprouted Potatoes at home. Choosing a Big Size Container & a Soft Soil mix is it’s Only Need, for a Good Harvest. Potato Plants takes a Little Longer Time to Grow, besides other winter Vegetables.
Potatoes are Hardy Plants & you should Must Grow them. Carrots also a Winters Vegetable, that Can Be Grown In a 10 to 12 inches Pot, with a Good Distancing of Seeds.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 61 to 67°F
- Harvest Time – 90 to 150 days
- Germination Time – 5 to 10 days
- Best Fertilizer – Cow Dung Compost, Bone Meal
Carrots;-
The Another Winter Vegetable to Grow from Seeds are carrots. Carrots are the easy to Grow Plants, a deeper container with a Well Draining, Soft medium works Really Well to Helps them Grow. So carrots Can also considered as a Winter Vegetable.
- Sow Time & Temp. – 40 to 80°F
- Harvest Time – 60 to 70 days
- Germination Time – 2 to 4 days
- Best Fertilizer – Vegetables Fertilizer
Turnips;-
The last winter Vegetable in our list is turnip, that have small Size seeds but they grow with 3 to 4 days, and can be harvested in 2 to 3 months. Only thing to keep in mind is the quality of seeds & a soft Soil mix.
- Sow Time & Temp. -40 to 75°F
- Harvest Time – 60 to 80 days
- Germination Time – 4 to 6 days
- Best Fertilizer – Vegetables Fertilizer
Rooted Vegetables;-
Because some of these Vegetables are Rooted Vegetables. therefore they have to Grow under The Soil, for that Reason, we have to provide them a Soft area to Grow.
There are many of other Winter Vegetables, that you can grow at Home in containers, but these Winter Vegetables are the easiest to Grow vegetables. & A Perfect Choice for a Beginner to Start With.
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Container Selection;-
As We are Talking to Grow all of these Vegetables In Pots, therefore you should at least choose a 10 to 12 inches Container for better results. I have a Very Good Experience with such Type of Grow bags, you can also Try Out these ones.
Buy 12″ Grow Bags Here!
For any Question Leave a Comment Below. & For the best Quality Soil Mix, must check out This homemade Vegetables potting mix.