How to Grow More Vegetables : And Fruits, Nuts ... - Shroomery

YIELDS MISCELLANEOUS NUTRITION
NOTES
GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO
Your Actual Yield
per 100 Square Feet
Your Yield Compared
with U.S. Average 32
Especially Good
Varieties, Possible Seed
Sources, and Remarks
Heavy Giver (HG),
Light Feeder (LF),
Low Nitrogen User (LNU),
Heavy Feeder (HF)
Letter codes on page 88, footnotes on page 116.
(see p. 145)
Time of Year to Plant
(SP, SU, FA, WI)
Protein Content per
Pound in Grams (g)
(454g per pound) 33
Calorie Content
per Pound 33
Fresh: 22
Calcium Content
per Pound in
Milligrams (mg) 33
35 HF SP 7.2 Stored: 235 44
Fresh: 16
— HF FA 5.3 Stored: 85 93 :Raw.
— HF SP 6.4 66 56 :Raw. 44% refuse.
— HF SU D D D
—
—
—
—
HG
HG
HG
HG
SU
SU
SP, SU
SP, SU
—
LF
LF
5.1
5.6
137
61
51
302M }
SP, SU, FA
SP, SU, FA
36 HF SP, FA
— HF SP, FA 20.4 188 150
— LF SP, FA 9.4 400 225
— HF SP, FA 5.3 62 189 :Raw. 3% refuse.
— HF SP, FA
— LF SP, SU, FA 4.1 156 134
92.5
}
1,565 327 �:Dry seeds.
}
12.7
13.6
113
158
364
1,189
5.3
8.2
98
127
200
171
7.6 128 124
37 HF SP, FA 12.2 122 113 :Raw. Cauliflower head often develops in just a few days.
— HF SP, FA 5.3 62 189 :25% refuse.
HF 10.0 104 367M SP, SU, FA
Burpee
Fordhook
38 HF SP, FA 16.3 181 921
— HF SU 8.7 240 7
— HF SU 3.9 65 108
— HF SU 4.4 92 44 :Raw. 19% refuse.
— LF SP, FA 24.8 547 116
— LF SP, FA 10.6 288 464 :Raw. 27% refuse.
— HF SP, FA 14.1 128 601
— LF SP, FA 6.6 96 136 :Raw. 27% refuse.
— LF SP, FA 5.2 123 123 :Raw. 48% refuse.
SN HF SP, FA 3.9 56 86
SN HF
SP, SU,
3.8 52 197
FA, WI
:Raw. 31% refuse. Used in alcohol production for gasohol.
Good source of organic matter. Harvest when top is dead.
Pick when beans are bulging through pods so plants will
set more beans.
:Raw. 12% refuse.
:Roots, raw. 30% refuse.
Excellent tops often mean too much nitrogen fertilizer and poor
root growth. Cylindra variety twice the weight of regular beets.
:Greens, raw.
:Head, raw. 22% refuse.
:Leaves, raw. Contain more nutrition than heads.
:Raw. 8% refuse. When sprout node begins to bulge,
remove leaf below it for best growth.
Sow Watanabe in spring for summer harvest and Takinogawa in
spring or fall for late summer or following spring harvest, respectively.
:Green, raw. 10% refuse.
:Red, raw. 10% refuse.
:Raw, without tops. 18% refuse. Excellent tops often mean
too much nitrogen fertilizer and poor root growth.
:Raw. 8% refuse. Harvest sequentially as leaves mature.
Good organic matter crop at high yields.
:Leaves and stems, raw. Harvest sequentially as leaves mature.
:Raw. 45% refuse (cob). Harvest when fluid in kernel is halfway between
clear and milky. Air-dry biomass can be as much as for flour corn if plants
are left to grow 4 weeks after harvest of ears.
:Raw, whole. 5% refuse. Harvest when swollen, but not
yellowing for sweetest taste.
:12% refuse. Most bulb growth occurs in last 45 days. Contains
antibiotics. Amount of seed depends on size of bulbs and cloves.
:Raw leaves and stems. 26% refuse.
Good vitamin and mineral content.
:Raw. 5% refuse. Harvest in very early morning for best taste.
:Raw. 36% refuse. Harvest in very early morning for best taste.
Winter growing in double-walled mini-greenhouse.
SEED PROPAGATION 91