Quick-maturing Plants: 5 Fast Growing Vegetables to Try

As vegetables are harvested, gaps will inevitably appear in your garden. However, leaving bare soil exposes your garden to weeds and can make it more prone to erosion, plus it means your garden isn’t being as productive as it could be.

Fill those gaps with quick-growing vegetables and you can sneak in a useful extra crop before the end of the year - or even before your fall crops are planted.

In this video we identify 5 fast-maturing vegetables to try in your summer garden and provide simple tips to help you enjoy your harvest as quickly as possible.

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[gunsofaugust]

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[michaeltoso]

Radishes
salad leaves(continuous harvest):lettuce, mustard, kale, rocket, arugula, cilantro
dwarf or bush beans
carrots
spinach

[darknlovelyanitaw.]

Great idea. I'm in Oakland, California and growing snap peas, pole beans, carrots, spinach, collard greens and lettuce for my fall garden. They are growing at a rapid rate.🌾🌽🌱🌱

[MrJohnchilds]

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[thomascranor]

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-Thomas from Oregon

[janainarogerio]

I'm new to the gardening world and your videos are tremendously helpful.
Thank you deeply, my friend.

[Stevesrssrssrs]

You don't need covers are traps, all you need is diatomaceous earth. You sprinkle some over plants and on the soil as well, and even though it feels like talcom powder to us, the microscopic fossils cut in the bug's exoskeleton and they dry out and die. They don't die right away, so you don't see a bunch of dead bugs or slugs, but your plants will have much less holes in their leaves afterwards. You just have to sprinkle some more on after it rains.

[MarinaWilson]

I grow dwarf beans all over my garden in and around my flowers and wherever, there is a gap. The flowers are pretty and come in different colours and they attract beans which can be frozen or salted if a glut. Will try more carrots though as I love them fresh to eat whilst I'm gardening!

[SurfviewTV]

I would add for #6 MORINGA. In less than 6 weeks, I've been harvesting leaves off of these fast growing Moringa. I have 43 growing in my Phoenix, Arizona yard. So, I can harvest every day. Pruning them 9" off the ground after they are 3' tall makes them fork and you get double the growth and double the yield. Moringa will grow 15' in one season. And if you use the PKM-1 hybrid Moringa, then you can have the 3' pods grow and dry before the frost. They are perennials, so they will likely grow back the next year if there is a frost. Zones 8a+ should allow them to grow back without effort. They are drought tolerant after two years. So, they are perfect for any yard in the sunbelt for USA. The seeds can be used to purify water. The leaves are super nutritious and are used by famished populations in impoverished and malnutrition affected nations.

[fliptk]

I'm new to this but I have to say . I have a new obsession now. I never knew. Cheers.

[gogogardener]

I'm in the low desert in USA. We may get a mild frost in the Winter, but typically I get my best harvests from Fall planted crops.

I've been planting carrots, beets, leaf lettuce, parsley, cilantro, mizuna, chamomile, bunching onions (and soon I'll order short-day onions for planting), celery, kale, corn salad, chard (also a catch crop for bugs here).

Soon, I should put in the oriental pea pods, turnips, and parsley (I find they're good companions... putting parsley on the north or east side to shelter it if we get a hot spell). The turnips will harvest in January, when we are tired of so many sweet things during holidays. I had great success last year with Tropic Giant cabbage, which I think was from Park Seed. It was neglected due to drought, so I didn't harvest it. However, the chickens munched on it even through the Summer. With proper care, I do believe it will be a star in my Winter garden this year. I also add in edible flowers of calendula and violas this time of year.

I am just now harvesting cucumbers from a late planting of seeds on July 15th. The winner variety in my experiment was Mici Hybrid from Ferry Morse - Asia Collection.

Happy Gardening to all.... and may you be blessed with an abundance harvest too!

[ScottGillespie]

Another thing to do is plant the speedy vegetables near pumpkins or other vine crops in the spring. Once you harvest them the vines can take over the space. I only have 3 months of growing in southern Alberta (Canada) so I've found succession planting not very feasible.

[marilyngandhi]

I am in Ipswich Australia... a beginner gardener, haven't set up yet but have a good size backyard, thank you for your video...

[JanesGrowingGarden]

I'm starting to get quite a few gaps now as I'm beginning to harvest so this was really useful - thank you!

[gapey]

Good timing! I've just harvested my garlic and cabbage and have been trying to figure out what to plant in the empty space. I think I'll plant some more bush beans and finger carrots. Thanks for the suggestions!

[dracus]

Great video!! Straight to the topic without the BS

[trish]

Great reminder! Thank you! Each year I forget to sow my carrots in containers...I'm out of seeds and containers for now...so I'll try next year!

[jturie]

Very helpful.  Ignore the seed catalogs and plant these instead.  Had a great Autumn spinach harvest last year.

[narongchaiyatha]

Many thanks for your kind sharing, we learn from you

[elainelerner]

Another excellent video. And thank you for promoting the "Big Bug Hunt". The information collected helps all gardeners and farmers. +++