Key Growing Information

Spinach | Key Growing Information

Written by our research team, this reference contains the essential information for growing spinach from seed. Read more for a successful harvest!
Written by our research team, this reference contains the essential information for growing orach (Atriplex hortensis) specialty salad greens, aka French spinach or mountain spinach from seed. Read more for a successful harvest!
Written by our research team, this reference contains the Key Growing Information for production of red- and green-stemmed Malabar spinach vine from seed: instructions for sowing, transplanting, pest and disease control, and harvesting. Read more for a successful harvest!
Key recommendations for heat-tolerant, cool-weather varieties, and cool-weather-loving crops successfully through summer's heat, from Johnny's Research & Trialing Team.
Tips for gaining efficiencies on the farm from 3 of Johnny's favorite efficiency experts in the field: Anne Mefferd, farmer & owner of One Drop Farm in Cornville, ME; Jean-Martin Fortier, farmer, author & owner of Les Jardins de la Grelinette, St-Armand, Québec; and Michael Kirkpatrick, owner of Kilpatrick Family Farm, Middle Granville, NY.
Follow this set of guidelines for optimizing your harvest, including tips and recommendations for year-round production and harvesting, an explanation of the details of carrot season extension by variety selection, succession planting carrots, early carrots, main harvest carrots, storage carrots, and carrot types such as Nantes, Imperator, Parisian, and Kuroda, from the carrot breeding and trialing team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
A crop-by-crop guide to the best types and varieties of vegetables for winter growing success, ranked by level of difficulty in winter production, from the research team at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Refer to this list of plant disease resistance codes used by Johnny's to designate common plant and seed-crop pathogens, including the acronyms and type of causal organism, e.g., fungal, bacterial, viral.
This quick-guide to choosing a seeder will help you determine which type of direct-sow precision seeder will best suit your needs. We address efficiency, precision, and affordability, additional key factors to weigh in your calculation, the pros and cons of our seeder options, and reviews from small-scale growers of all types. Choosing the right seeder will enable you to use seed, time, and labor to your greatest advantage.
A review of basic high and low tunnel components, the rudiments for season extension and protected culture growing, with Lynn Byczinski and Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Using unheated hoophouses, Quick Hoops, and row cover with storage, cold-tolerant, and cold-hardy crops can help you be first and last to market from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
An illustrated set of step-by-step instructions from Eliot Coleman on how to set up and manage your Quick Hoops low tunnels from Johnny's Selected Seeds.