Vegetable Library

Growing heirloom tomatoes can be tricky. Use these ten tips from Johnny's research team to help you make growing heirloom tomatoes a success.

How to grow arugula (rocket) for salad greens. Recommendations for sowing, germination, harvesting, and pest control of wild and standard arugula types.

Learn how to grow Asian greens from seed, from sowing and germination to spacing, culture, and harvesting for baby greens or bunching, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Learn how to grow asparagus from seed or crowns, from sowing and transplanting to soil requirements, spacing, and harvesting, from Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Key Growing Information for a variety of baby-leaf brassica greens from seed — sowing, germination, spacing, culture, and harvesting — for custom salad or stir-fry mixes.

Here are a couple novel recipes from classically trained, NY Times Bestseller chef Frank Giglio using two of our newer Johnny's-bred varieties.

Guidelines for choosing the right tomato varieties to suit your particular growing needs and unique preferences, defining 3 key differentiating features, plus our recommended best varieties. 3 key questions: 1) Which vegetative growth habit best suits your needs? Indeterminate (tall and viney) OR determinate (bushy). 2) Where will you grow your tomatoes? Outdoors OR indoors/in a protected setting. 3) Which fruit characteristics are of greatest importance to you? Flavor, color, texture, yield...

Learn to grow 8 easy vegetables that are perfect for beginning growers: bush beans, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, peppers, and summer squash. Join Johnny's and Niki Jabbour with these easy-to-follow steps, key growing information, and 3-minute videos for all 8 crops.

Information about Dry Beans, from the inveterate State-of-Maine baked-bean devotees at Johnny's Selected Seeds.

Information on vining pole beans, including how to plant, setting up a trellis, recommended varieties and growing tips, from the experts at Johnny's Selected Seeds. Under cover and in the field, follow Phil Foster & John Bauer's 6 Easy Steps to Pole Bean Success.

Learn about the characteristics Johnny's Selected Seeds looks for when selecting snap bean varieties, with recommendations for growing a steady supply of beautiful, delicious snap beans all season long.

Learn how to grow acorn squash, including the essentials of direct-sowing or transplanting, spacing, culture, pest and disease control, harvesting, and storage.