Days to harvest: vegetables, herbs and berries from fastest to slowest

87 crops from our plant cards, sorted by the days from sowing (or planting) to the first harvest. The fastest: microgreens (14 days), radish (30 days), arugula (35 days). The slowest of the one-season crops: garlic (250 days), ginger (240 days), yacón (210 days).

One-season crops: days from sowing or planting to the first harvest

#	Crop	Days	Weeks	How it starts
1	Microgreens	14	2	Sown straight into the bed
2	Radish	30	4	Sown straight into the bed
3	Arugula	35	5	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
4	Mustard greens	45	6	Sown straight into the bed
5	Bok Choy	52	7	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
6	Dill	54	8	Sown straight into the bed
7	Borage	55	8	Sown straight into the bed
8	Spinach	55	8	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
9	Lettuce	57	8	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
10	Zucchini	57	8	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
11	Turnip	58	8	Sown straight into the bed
12	Beet	60	9	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
13	Green Beans	60	9	Sown straight into the bed
14	Swiss Chard	60	9	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
15	Cucumber	62	9	From seedlings
16	Kohlrabi	62	9	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
17	Basil	63	9	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
18	Cilantro	64	9	Sown straight into the bed
19	Chamomile	65	9	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
20	Daikon	67	10	Sown straight into the bed
21	Kale	72	10	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
22	Peas	74	11	Sown straight into the bed
23	Napa cabbage	75	11	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
24	Parsley	76	11	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
25	Moringa	80	11	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
26	Soybean	80	11	Sown straight into the bed
27	Carrot	84	12	Sown straight into the bed
28	Chicory	85	12	From seedlings
29	Sweet Corn	85	12	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
30	Watermelon	87	12	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
31	Shallot	90	13	Onion sets
32	Okra	92	13	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
33	Kiwano	97	14	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
34	Achocha	100	14	From seedlings
35	Broad bean	100	14	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
36	Florence fennel	100	14	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
37	Onion	100	14	Onion sets
38	Sweet Potato	100	14	Slips
39	Broccoli	107	15	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
40	Cauliflower	107	15	From seedlings
41	Chickpea	110	16	Sown straight into the bed
42	Corn	110	16	Sown straight into the bed
43	Potato	110	16	Tubers
44	Tiger nut	110	16	Tubers
45	Melon	117	17	From seedlings
46	Pumpkin	117	17	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
47	Parsnip	118	17	Sown straight into the bed
48	Tomato	122	17	From seedlings
49	Peanut	127	18	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
50	Bell Pepper	130	19	From seedlings
51	Cabbage	130	19	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
52	Eggplant	130	19	From seedlings
53	Physalis	130	19	From seedlings
54	Chili Pepper	135	19	From seedlings
55	Brussels Sprouts	140	20	From seedlings
56	Celery	161	23	From seedlings
57	Luffa	164	23	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
58	Celeriac	171	24	From seedlings
59	Chayote	178	25	From seedlings or sown straight into the bed
60	Leek	180	26	From seedlings
61	Yacón	210	30	Crowns
62	Ginger	240	34	Rhizomes
63	Garlic	250	36	Cloves, planted in autumn

Perennials and berry bushes: from planting to the first harvest

#	Crop	Days	Months	Planted as
1	Mint	60	2	Young plants from a nursery
2	Tarragon	60	2	Rooted cuttings
3	Strawberry	75	2	Young plants from a nursery
4	Rosemary	90	3	Young plants from a nursery
5	Lemongrass	120	4	Young plants from a nursery
6	Horseradish	180	6	Rooted cuttings
7	Jerusalem artichoke	210	7	Tubers
8	Artichoke	365	12	Crowns
9	Passion fruit	365	12	Young plants from a nursery
10	Rhubarb	400	13	Crowns
11	Haskap	440	14	Young plants from a nursery
12	Blackcurrant	450	15	Young plants from a nursery
13	Gooseberry	450	15	Young plants from a nursery
14	Raspberry	450	15	Young plants from a nursery
15	Redcurrant	450	15	Young plants from a nursery
16	Blackberry	460	15	Young plants from a nursery
17	Aronia	485	16	Young plants from a nursery
18	Wild garlic	515	17	Bulbs, planted in autumn
19	Asparagus	730	24	Crowns
20	Goji	730	24	Young plants from a nursery
21	Blueberry	820	27	Young plants from a nursery
22	Grape	880	29	Young plants from a nursery
23	Hardy kiwi	1095	36	Young plants from a nursery
24	Saskatoon serviceberry	1095	36	Young plants from a nursery

Which vegetables grow the fastest?

By our plant cards, from sowing to the first harvest: microgreens (14 days), radish (30 days), arugula (35 days), mustard greens (45 days), bok choy (52 days).

Which crops take the longest to harvest?

Of the one-season crops: garlic (250 days), ginger (240 days), yacón (210 days). Perennials take longer still: saskatoon serviceberry (1095 days), hardy kiwi (1095 days), grape (880 days).

How are the days counted?

Days are counted from the day of sowing (seeds) or planting (tubers, cloves, crowns, young plants) to the first harvest, by the figures of each crop’s card; every card names its sources (university extension services, the RHS) on its guide. Weather and variety move the harvest by days or weeks; in an unheated greenhouse the Greenly calendar puts it about 10 % sooner.