What to Plant in April
Your spring planting guide — 9 plants to start, sow, transplant, or harvest this month. Expert guides for every one.
April Growing Guides
Expert guides for everything you can plant this month
Growing Tomatoes: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Start your tomato growing journey with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Learn the basics of planting, watering, and harvesting your first tomatoes, whether in containers or garden beds.
Growing Lettuce: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Start your lettuce growing journey with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Learn the basics of planting, watering, and harvesting fresh, crisp lettuce for salads year-round, whether in containers, raised beds, or traditional gardens.
Growing Carrots: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Start your carrot growing journey with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Learn the secrets to growing sweet, straight carrots in containers, raised beds, or traditional gardens—from soil preparation to harvest.
Growing Basil: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Learn to grow fresh, aromatic basil at home with this easy beginner's guide. Perfect for windowsills, containers, or garden beds. From planting to harvest, everything you need to know.
Growing Cucumbers: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Start your cucumber growing journey with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Learn the basics of planting, watering, and harvesting fresh cucumbers, whether in containers, raised beds, or traditional gardens.
Growing Beets: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Discover how to grow delicious, nutritious beets in your garden. This dual-purpose vegetable provides both flavorful roots and tasty greens for your table.
Beet Mastery: Varieties, Succession Planting & Season Extension
Expand your beet expertise with advanced variety selection, succession planting strategies, and season extension techniques for year-round harvests.
Advanced Beet Production: Commercial Systems & Intensive Cultivation
Master commercial-scale beet production with precision fertility, integrated pest management, postharvest handling, and intensive production systems.
Beet Science: Genomics, Betalains & Research Frontiers
Explore cutting-edge beet science including genomics, betalain biochemistry, breeding strategies, and the latest research frontiers in Beta vulgaris improvement.
Growing Cilantro: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Learn how to grow fresh cilantro at home with this comprehensive beginner's guide. Discover the secrets to harvesting aromatic leaves all season long and preventing premature bolting.
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