Produce Organic Vegetables - Different Families of Vegetables Part 2

Hello everyone! this is the second part of our article in organic agriculture production. 

In summary, the different vegetables families are Leafy vegetables, Cucurbits, Solanaceous crops, Root crops, Legumes, Crucifers, Herbs.

I hope you enjoy learning.  Thank you!

Produce Organic Vegetables - Different Families of Vegetables Part 1

This article is a series so that people will know it from the start how it is called "organic".  Let us talk about first the different families of vegetables. The photo below will show these.

1.  Leafy vegetables - crops mainly used for their leaves whether eaten raw or cooked.  Usually grown for salad.Requires full sunlight, can also be grown in containers/pots, shallow roots, minimal pests, no trellis needed, ideal for backyard gardening.

2.  Cucurbits.  Better known as the squash family (cucurbitaceae).  Also includes bottle gourd (upo), sponge gourd (patola), wax gourd (kundol), zucchinni.  It requires trellis, 30 to 90 days to grow, deep roots, requires full sunlight, can also be grown in bigger containers.

3.  Solanaceous crops.  From Solanaceae family.  These are pepper, tomato, eggplant, potato.  These vegetables can be grown better in summer or hotter regions, deep roots, can be grown in bigger pots, requires trellis

4.  Root crops.  Crops that produce edible and enlarge roots or stem.  These are carrots and radish.  It is deep rooted, requires sandy-loam soil, minimum of 12 inches-deep plots, can be grown in bigger pots, full sunlight is required, direct seeding

5.  Legumes.  Member of the legume family that produce edible pods and seeds.  These are snap beans and pole beans.  Trellis is required, very minimal organic input is required, can be intercropped with other smaller plants, green manure

. 

These are the five families of vegetables.  Wait for the remaining three families and we will post it right away.  I hope you learn from these .  Thank you.