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Brussels sprouts are small, cabbage-like vegetables that grow in clusters along the thick stalk of the plant. They have a slightly bitter taste that becomes sweeter when cooked and are commonly roasted, sautéed, or steamed as a side dish or added to various recipes.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 24 - 36"
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Width: 18 -24"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Stokes Seeds
This English cucumber is longer (up to 18 in.) and thinner than traditional cucumbers, with very small, soft seeds. The fruit is mild-flavored and never bitter. It stays crisp and fresher longer than other varieties.
English: The most common type of slicing cucumber, you'll find these in the grocery stores because of their crisp taste and easy growing characteristics
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 12-16"
- Width: 4 - 6"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed
The standard for growing in Manitoba: Grow in full sun and keep well watered!
The best way to gauge the time to harvest is when the skin of the fruit is shiny, unwrinkled, and a uniform colour. As soon as the skin does not rebound to gentle pressure from your finger, it’s ripe.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 15 - 20"
- Width: 10 - 15"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Stokes Seeds
A new "Superfood" thats easy to grow in your own garden or window box
Has dark blue/green fully curled leaves. Kale has a long harvest window making it an ideal easy grow healthy plant Great in salads fresh or as a cooked vegetable. Be watchful for cabbage moths that often show up end of June and can destroy your crop. Cover with fine netting/cloth or use organic insecticide.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 18 - 30"
- Width: 6 - 10"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed
The 'Manitoba' Tomato is a very dependable and early tomato variety that is excellent for the Prairies. Enjoy the bright red, juicy fruit earlier in the season than other varieties.
Suggestions: Keep tomatoes away from all members of the Brassica family: cabbage, cauliflower, etc. Eliminate blossom end rot problems by deep watering the plants so that the root system will be less affected by fluctuations in soil moisture.
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 18 - 24"
- Width: 8 - 12"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed
An easy way to produce delicious onion greens in your garden!
Simply set the bulb in your garden (or garden box) 1-2" below the top of the soil.
These are not the same as a bunching onion, as the onion below the surface is similar looking to garlic as it multiplies.
Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.
15 bulbs per pack
An easy way to plant onions in your garden. These sets produce delicious onions.
Simply set the bulb in your garden (or garden box) 1-2" below the top of the soil.
Adding manure & compost before planting onions along with keeping your onions consistently watered is important to success.
Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.
80 bulbs in each pack
Produce garlic in your own garden!
Simply plant each clove upright in your garden (or garden box) just below the top of the soil.
Mulch, manure and compost added to the soil befor planting is advised.
Spring planting will produce smaller harvest than fall planting.
Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.
4 bulbs in each pack
Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.
Intend to plant and reap a harvest in 3 years. Asparagus need well-drained nutrient rich soil. Plant in full sun and mark its planting location as it will die back and can be visually lost in the garden by late summer.
Purple Passion is known for being 20% sweeter than regular asparagus and the colour will fade when cooked. Flavour is known to be mildly nutty.
The most famous of all peppers for their moderately spicy flavour and indistinguishable taste. Jalapeños are commonly used in Mexican cuisine but popular worldwide.
Scoville (Heat Scale): 2,500 - 8,000
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Mature Size:
- Height: 18 - 24"
- Width: 18 - 24"
Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed