Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

Are there any good vegetables I can grow in southern California in the
fall and winter? I'd like vegetables that are high in nutrients and
anti-oxidants.

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

if you google it, you will find all you need.

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

Any cool weather crop......
home vegetable gardening- all the info you need
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/selectnewtopic.garden.htm


Vegetable Research & Info Center from UC Davis
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/usesites/ressite.htm


Another UC Davis site
http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veginfo/veginfor.htm

Site for free printable info from UC Davis (you can also buy books and publications)
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/InOrder/Shop/Shop.asp


also, check with your county's cooperative extension (every county has one)
If you plan to really get into gardening, buy the
California Master Gardener Handbook (it's great!)

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Are there any good vegetables I can grow in southern California in the
fall and winter? I'd like vegetables that are high in nutrients and
anti-oxidants.

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

On 2005-10-25 08:41:01 -0700, said:

Are there any good vegetables I can grow in southern California in the
fall and winter? I'd like vegetables that are high in nutrients and
anti-oxidants.

Lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, Asian greens, cabbage, broccoli, peas,
cool season tomatoes... The list goes on. Any cool weather vegies
(include most of the leafy vegies) are only happy here fall through
early spring.

Helen

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

Helen Qian wrote:
On 2005-10-25 08:41:01 -0700, said:

Are there any good vegetables I can grow in southern California in the
fall and winter? I'd like vegetables that are high in nutrients and
anti-oxidants.

Lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, Asian greens, cabbage, broccoli, peas,
cool season tomatoes... The list goes on. Any cool weather vegies
(include most of the leafy vegies) are only happy here fall through
early spring.

Good list. Also, carrots, beets, snowpeas, potatoes, onions, shallots,
and many herbs.

Growing Fall / Winter Vegetables in Southern California
 

In article ,
usual suspect wrote:

Just about anything will grow in SoCal during the fall and winter.

Not if it needs long days.

I know this is an old thread, but here are a couple of specific links that help answer this question, what and when to plant in Southern California.

Here is a list of vegetable varieties that have been tested in Southern California.

This page lists when to plant veggies in California. All the 'cool' season veggies are appropriate for fall / winter plantings.