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List of vegetables to grow

Sowing

• Seed depth:
• Germination soil temperature:
• Days to germinate:
• Sow indoors:
• Sow outdoors:
• Plant outdoors:

Growing

• pH range:
• Growing soil temperature:
• Spacing in beds:
• Watering:
• Light:
• Nutrient requirements: N=xxxx; P=xxxx, K=xxxx
• Rotation considerations:
• Good companions:
• Bad companions:
• Seed Longevity: x years

Cardoon is a perennial, closely related to globe artichoke. It is prized by people from the Mediterranean countries for its unique flavor. The young tender leaf mid-ribs and immature flower stalks are used. The plant hearts are sometimes blanched like celery stalks (maturing in September).