Assessing climate

The season affects the plant. Some areas have a long frost season and little sun. Some areas have a long rainy season and a few months of sun and the variations go on. The cool season crops like cabbage, peas and lettuce have to be matured and removed to be consumed or sold off, before the weather gets warm. Peppers, cucumber and melons are few examples of warm season crops, which cannot tolerate frosts. Sun loving crops like tomatoes, turnips, radish, beets and carrot need at least six hours of sunlight, every day.

All root vegetables need a lot of sun and the leafy vegetables need shade.

Very hard vegetables can tolerate frost, whereas the tender vegetables have to be harvested in the warm weather.

Carrots get sweeter, as the temperature gets colder. Broccoli, spinach and cabbage grow well in cold climates.

Hard and semi-hard vegetables should be planted in the early spring and tender vegetables have to be planted, at the beginning of the summer.

How to identify whether the vegetable is hard or semi hard or tender? If the vegetables are hard enough to take time to frost, then they are hard vegetables. The vegetables which are juicy and soft need a lot of sun.

 

Some of the hard vegetables are

Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage

Kale and other spinach types

Collards

English peas

Leeks

Radish, turnip and the other hard tubers.

Some of the semi hard vegetables are

Carrots

Beets

Lettuce, cabbage and other salad greens

Swiss chard

Potato

Celery

Cauliflower

Some of the tender and soft vegetables are

Ladies finger

Pumpkin

Gourds

Cucumber

Beans

Corn

Peppers

Peas

Squash

Sweet potato

Tomatoes

Obviously, this is not the complete list. You can surf the internet or ask people with experience, in order to know which type of vegetables is suited for a particular climate.