Veggie Crops A-Z
Growing vegetables in Colorado can be both a challenge and a thrill. Bright sun and low humidity can make for incredibly good crops and low disease pressures. These factors require care in regards to sun protection and sufficient watering. There are many things you can do to ensure a successful crop both for your purposes and for donation. See below for a listing of resources broken down by specific crop. If you don’t see your favorite crop here it may be because it doesn’t grow well here or is not a good candidate for donation.
Asparagus
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- How to Plant Asparagus – Grow & Give Clippings
- VIDEO: Planting and Growing Asparagus (7:08)
- VIDEO: Planting Radish, Beet & Carrot Seeds and Asparagus Roots (4:42)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Canning Asparagus
- RECIPE: Oven Roasted Asparagus
- RECIPE: Asia Inspired Marinated Asparagus
- RECIPE: Simple Marinated Asparagus
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Beans
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- VIDEO: Growing Beans in Colorado (10:12)
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Beets
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- VIDEO: Planting Radish, Beet & Carrot Seeds and Asparagus Roots (4:42)
- Second Crops – Planttalk #1825
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Beet Facts & Roasted Beets
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Broccoli
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Creamy Broccoli Soup
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Brussels Sprouts
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- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
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Cabbage
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- VIDEO: Napa Cabbage (6:46)
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
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Carrots
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- VIDEO: Planting a Salad – Direct Seeding Radishes, Spinach & Lettuce (11:01)
- VIDEO: Growing Carrots and Parsnips (7:50)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Carrot and Apple Salad
- RECIPE: Carrot Top Chimichurri
- RECIPE: Carrot Top Pesto
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Cauliflower
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Celery
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- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Collards
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- Collards – Planttalk #1823
- Cool Season Leafy Green Varieties – Planttalk #1804
- Cultural Tips for Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1820
- Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Corn
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- VIDEO: Growing Sweet Corn (12:37)
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Summer Corn Salad
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Cucumber
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- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- VIDEO: Hand Pollination & Determining Male/Female Flowers (2:56)
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Eggplant
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- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Peppers and Eggplant – Fact Sheet #7.616
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Baked Eggplant
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Garlic
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- VIDEO: Garlic, A Three Season Treat (9:28)
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Horseradish
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- VIDEO: Planting Horseradish (1:29)
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Health Benefits and Safe Handling of Salad Greens – Fact Sheet #9.373
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Herbs
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- VIDEO: Herb Gardening (9:09)
- Planting and Plants for an Herb Garden – Planttalk #1003
- Italian Kitchen Garden Plants – Planttalk #1047
- Basil – Planttalk #1055
- Indoor Herb Garden – Planttalk #1056
- Parsley – Planttalk #1059
- Thyme – Planttalk #1063
- Growing, Preserving and Using Herbs – Extension Fact Sheet #9.335
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Herb Gardening CMG GardenNotes #731
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Kale
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- Cool Season Leafy Green Varieties – Planttalk #1804
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810
- Cultural Tips for Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1820
- Kale – Planttalk #1821
- Second Crops – Planttalk #1825
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Health Benefits and Safe Handling of Salad Greens – Fact Sheet #9.373
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Kohlrabi
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- VIDEO: Planting Cole Crops (16:49)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Leeks
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- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Lettuce and Leafy Greens
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- VIDEO: Growing Microgreens and Sprouts
- VIDEO: Planting a Salad – Direct Seeding Radishes, Spinach & Lettuce (11:01)
- VIDEO: Asian Greens (8:30)
- Cool Season Leafy Green Varieties – Planttalk #1804
- Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810
- Spicy Greens – Planttalk #1815
- Cultural Tips for Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1820
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Health Benefits and Safe Handling of Salad Greens – Fact Sheet #9.373
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Melons
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- VIDEO: Hand Pollination & Determining Male/Female Flowers (2:56)
- VIDEO: Planting and Growing Melons (11:10)
- Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Extension Fact Sheet #7.609
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
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Onions
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- VIDEO: Thinning Onions (2:43)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Growing Onions from Seed – Planttalk #1808
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Parsnips
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- VIDEO: *NEW* Growing Carrots and Parsnips (7:50)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Peas
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- VIDEO: Planting Snow Peas (2:25)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Peppers
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- VIDEO: Planting & Growing Peppers (10:42)
- Peppers and Eggplant – Fact Sheet #7.616
- Chile Peppers – Planttalk #1803
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
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Potatoes
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- VIDEO: Planting Potatoes (3:19)
- VIDEO: Update on Potatoes (2:52)
- VIDEO: Planting & Growing Potatoes (16:36)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Potatoes in the Home Garden – Fact Sheet #7.617
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Roasted Herb Potatoes
- RECIPE: Cheesy Potato Chowder
- RECIPE: Potato Salad
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Pumpkins
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- VIDEO: Hand Pollination & Determining Male/Female Flowers (2:56)
- Baby Pumpkins – Planttalk #1801
- Growing Great Pumpkins – Planttalk #1807
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Harvesting Pumpkins – Planttalk #1829
- Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Extension Fact Sheet #7.609
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Radish
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- VIDEO: Planting a Salad – Direct Seeding Radishes, Spinach & Lettuce (11:01)
- VIDEO: Planting Radish, Beet & Carrot Seeds and Asparagus Roots (4:43)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Rhubarb
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- VIDEO: Harvesting Rhubarb (2:04)
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Spinach
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- VIDEO: Planting a Salad – Direct Seeding Radishes, Spinach & Lettuce (11:01)
- Cool Season Leafy Green Varieties – Planttalk #1804
- Cultural Tips for Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1820
- Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Health Benefits and Safe Handling of Salad Greens – Fact Sheet #9.37
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Squash & Zucchini
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- VIDEO: Summer Squash and Zucchini (7:00)
- VIDEO: Hand Pollination & Determining Male/Female Flowers (2:56)
- Cucumbers and Squash – Planttalk #1805
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Harvesting Fall Squash – Planttalk #1849
- Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Extension Fact Sheet #7.609
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- RECIPE: Zucchini facts & Summer Squash Stir-Fry
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Swiss Chard
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- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
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Tomatillos
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- VIDEO: Tomatillos (5:47)
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Tomatoes
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- VIDEO: How to Plant a Tomato (3:38)
- VIDEO: Getting Started with Tomatoes (18:08)
- VIDEO: Selecting Tomatoes (3:47)
- VIDEO: Growing Tomatoes in Colorado (18:08)
- VIDEO: Tomato Problems (5:31)
- VIDEO: Growing Tomatoes in Buckets (7:25) | Handout: How to Grow Tomatoes in Buckets
- WEBINAR: Tomato Tips and Tricks (53:41)
- Tomato Diseases – Planttalk #1442
- Common Tomato Problems – PlantTalk 1834
- Tomatoes for Home Gardens – Planttalk #1817
- Ripening Tomatoes Indoors – Planttalk #1831
- Tomato Questions Abound in Heat – Planttalk #1835
- Harvesting and Ripening Tomatoes – Planttalk #1832
- How To Ripen Green Tomatoes – Planttalk #1844
- Upside Down Tomatoes-do they work? – Planttalk #1846
- Italian Kitchen Garden Plants – Planttalk #1047
- Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809
- Tomatoes – Recognizing Tomato Problems – Extension Fact Sheet #2.949
- Tomato Early Blight CMG GardenNotes #718
- Growing Tomatoes – CMG GardenNotes #717
- How to Grow Tomatoes in Buckets – Handout, San Miguel Basin Resource
- Transplanting Tomatoes – Handout
- Tomato Varieties for Colorado – Larimer County Research Results
- RECIPE: Tomato Basil Panini
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Turnips
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- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806
- Second Crops – Planttalk #1825
- Time to Seed Fall Vegetables – Planttalk #1841
- Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813\
- RECIPE: Rutabagas and Turnips
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Winter Squash
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- VIDEO: Winter Squash and Pumpkins (11:13)
- VIDEO: Hand Pollination & Determining Male/Female Flowers (2:56)
- Harvesting Fall Squash – Planttalk #1849
- Vegetable Planting Guide CMG GardenNotes #720
- Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Extension Fact Sheet #7.609
- RECIPE: Facts & Spaghetti Squash Pasta
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