Vegetables

Vegetable Seeds and Plants

Shop and grow vegetable seeds and plants perfect for your home garden. A large selection of tomatoes, peppers, beans and heirloom vegetables from Urban Farmer.

SPRING SHIPPING - The large, high yielding Stuttgarter Yellow is an excellent tasting onion, raw or cooked! This variety is solid with a glossy, brown skin with a deliciously crisp and yellow flesh. Stuttgarter yellow VERY RESISTANT to running to seed in unfavorable weather.

SPRING SHIPPING - The easy and adaptable Red Pontiac Potato is perfect for home gardening. This variety is most likely the easiest and most adaptable red potato there is to grow, not to mention the consistent flavor! This potato has an attractive deep red skin and eyes, white flesh. This is the tuber of choice for new potatoes or fresh eating. The Red Pontiac came from Florida in 1945 and grows well in both the South and North regions.

Infinite Gold melon has been bred for strong performance and long shelf life, without sacrificing great flavor and fruit quality. In fact, a third-party sensory analysis panel rated Infinite Gold higher in flavor and quality attributes than the leading competition! Plus, Infinite Gold offers strong vines, high yield potential and uniform size and shape.

The Ugly Duckling is the "ugly" sister to our Cinderella pumpkin, but this variety produces multiple colors. This pumpkin is an antique French heirloom that, despite its name, is beautiful and great for ornamental purposes!

The Green Finger cucumber has nice green thin skin and an exceptional taste! This variety is a Beit Alpha type cucumber that has a small seed cavity. The Green Finger is best picked when it gets to be 4-6 inches in size. It also stores well. The Green Finger plant has very high yields as well with excellent disease resistance. It is a favorite for having few seeds and being a great slicer!

SPRING SHIPPING - The Standard Mix is a blend of popular delicious seed potatoes that are great for baking, boiling, frying, mashing and more! Each variety of potato in the Standard Mix has approximately 8 potato seed pieces per pound. Usually 3-5 potatoes that can be cut into more pieces to plant. Minimum of 4lbs (1lbs of each variety). Yukon Gold - Best seller and an excellent keeper! Attractive, smooth, thin yellow skin, shallow eyes, yellow flesh and uniform yields. If you like your fried potatoes golden brown, Yukon Gold will almost turn that color by themselves. However, with Yukon Gold, your mashed potatoes are golden and beautiful to both the eye and the taste. When first harvested, Yukon Gold shows unique pink eyes not seen in other yellow varieties. They are best when home grown! Russet Burbank - The Idaho Potato that Idaho built its reputation on! Also known as the "Idaho Netted Gem" or simply "The Russet". It is the most widely grown potato in the United States. We have eaten literally thousands of them baked, and the last one tasted just as good as the first. Dr. Burbank even admitted he was fortunate to have bred this cultivar. Red Pontiac Easy and adaptable red potato for home gardening. Most likely the easiest and most adaptable red potato there is to grow, not to mention the consistent flavor! Attractive deep red skin and eyes, white flesh. The tuber of choice for new potatoes or fresh eating. Red Pontiac - Comes from Florida in 1945 so it grows well in both the South and North regions. Kennebec Potato Seeds One of the most popular potatoes grown by home gardeners. High yields of large, white skin, white fleshed tubers that grow well under harsh conditions. Kennebecs - Superb boiled, mashed, fried, hashed or baked. Good jacket potato - smoother it in sour cream, cheese, chives and bacon. It's absolutely perfect. If it is late in the season and we are out of a variety above, we will substitute the next closest variety.

SPRING SHIPPING - Yukon Gold seed potatoes are a popular and well-known variety of potato known for their unique characteristics. These potatoes typically have a medium to large size, with an oval to oblong shape. Their skin is thin and smooth, featuring a pale yellow to golden-brown color, while the flesh is a vibrant yellow hue. The size and shape of Yukon Gold potatoes make them versatile for various culinary applications, from roasting and mashing to frying and boiling. Yukon Gold potatoes have a relatively short but interesting history. They were developed by Canadian agricultural researchers in the 1960s at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. These researchers aimed to create a potato variety that combined the best qualities of both waxy and starchy potatoes. The result was the Yukon Gold, which became a breakthrough in the potato world due to its rich, buttery flavor, creamy texture, and adaptability in different cooking methods. It quickly gained popularity among chefs and home cooks, becoming a staple in many kitchens worldwide. Over the years, Yukon Gold potatoes have earned a reputation for their exceptional taste and versatility. They are prized for their ability to hold their shape when cooked, making them ideal for dishes like potato salads and gratins. Their history, distinctive size, shape, and culinary attributes have solidified their place as a beloved potato variety in the culinary world.

The Oxheart Carrot is a small variety weighing just only 1 pound and is named for its unique short shape resembling a heart. This carrot might be tiny, but its crisp, sweet flavor is mighty making it the perfect juicing carrot! This variety is very adaptable and thrives in either heavy or shallow soils. Oxheart will store very well and can be frozen to add to soups and strews!

Marketmore 76 is an excellent open-pollinated slicer cucumber for its quality and yield potential. This plant produces an abundance of medium length 8-10 inches long cucumbers with dark green skin weighing 8-12 ounces. Its skin is slightly bumpy and can be left on or taken off for slicing and fresh eating. The Marketmore 76 is late maturing, but comes on strong in the middle of summer. This variety is a standard cucumber in home gardens and fresh markets! Organic seed available.

The Purple Plum is an amazing purple skinned radish with a crisp, mild and sweet white flesh! This unique radish is different from the "typical" radish coloring. This small round shaped radish is early to harvest, which makes it great for home and market growers. Purple Plum is a nice variety to blend with other colors in mixes!

Little SnapPea Crunch is perfect for smaller gardens or container growing! These pea plants are compact yet very productive. Little SnapPea Crunch produces crunchy, sweet, juicy, edible pod peas in about 58-60 days. These peas do well as the weather warms and pea shoots, mature in 13 days and displays very short internodes. Leaves are great as a garnish or as a stand-alone salad green.

The Barese Swiss Chard is an excellent home garden chard. This variety is known for its taste and tenderness. The Barese is bred specifically for baby leaf production. This chard matures quickly, produces uniform, crisp leaves and holds well.

Broadleaf Batavian endive seeds produce a vigorous leafy green with broad, dark green leaves that add a hearty texture and distinctive, mildly bitter flavor to various dishes. To plant these seeds, start them indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost or sow them directly into well-drained soil in early spring or late summer for a fall crop. Space the seeds about 12 inches apart, either in rows or as a direct sowing, and plant them ¼ inch deep. If starting indoors, transplant seedlings outdoors once they are 3-4 inches tall and all danger of frost has passed. Broadleaf Batavian endive thrives in cool weather and prefers full sun to partial shade. Keep the soil rich, moist, and well-drained, and provide regular watering to prevent drought stress. The endive grows well in cooler temperatures, making it suitable for early spring or late summer planting. Harvest the leaves when they are young and tender, usually 70-80 days after sowing, by picking the outer leaves or cutting the entire plant at the base. For a continuous supply, sow seeds in intervals, ensuring a fresh harvest of this flavorful green throughout the growing season.

The Buttergold corn has a sweet, tender and delicious flavor that is one you can't beat! This large sugary corn has a great keeping quality, making them excellent for freezing. With good cold soil emergence, the Buttergold is perfect for growing in northern climates, but it can perform well anywhere. Enjoy the mouth-watering sweet flavor of this corn in just 63 days!

Marketer cucumber seeds produce a classic open-pollinated slicing variety introduced in the 1940s, prized for its dependable yields and smooth, dark-green fruits. Typically growing 8–9 inches long, Marketer cucumbers have thin, tender skin, crisp texture, and a mild, refreshing flavor that makes them ideal for fresh eating. Plants are vigorous and productive, thriving in warm weather and well-drained, fertile soil; they perform well when trellised or allowed to sprawl. For best results, sow seeds after soil warms to at least 70°F, keep moisture consistent, and harvest regularly to encourage continuous production.

Gypsy is a hybrid broccoli that produces well in warmer growing zones. An excellent variety for greenhouse production. Gypsy has a strong root system and intermediate downy mildew resistance. Gypsy yields excellent, smooth, dome-shaped heads with medium-small beads.

These make delicious, crispy snacks that grow well in the greenhouse or garden. snack-sized, mini cucumbers that grow well in the field or greenhouse. High yielding mini-beit alpha plants are covered in small, uniform fruits that have very smooth skin and juicy, refreshing flesh. Harvest when fruit is finger sized.

Crunchy Red produces large tops and very uniform dark red, round roots. This variety is very slow to develop pith. It performs well under cool conditions. It’s usually a few days earlier than standard varieties. Crunchy Red is desirable where larger roots are required.