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  1. The first step to hand pollinating is to learn to identify male vs female flowers. Male flowers have lots of pollen inside them and are attached to a thin stalk. Female flowers have a small version of the vegetable or fruit underneath them.

    • Radishes. What’s great about radishes is they make do with whatever soil you have to work with, and they grow incredibly fast — literally in three to four weeks.
    • Lettuce. All garden greens (including spinach and arugula) grow very easily — and very quickly — but lettuce is probably the easiest. A cool-weather crop, just plant your seeds in the spring and autumn, water them regularly, and in about 4 weeks you’ll have gorgeous baby lettuces popping up, ready to eat.
    • Green beans. Green beans are not only delicious, but they store well. They can be frozen or pickled, so if your bumper crop of green beans is a little too bumper (which can certainly happen, as they’re easy to grow) you don’t have to mulch them.
    • Onions. Onions are incredibly useful in the kitchen, and incredibly easy to grow. You can either buy dormant bulbs, which will mature faster, or start with seeds.
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    • Radishes. What’s great about radishes is they make do with whatever soil you have to work with, and they grow incredibly fast—literally in three to four weeks.
    • Lettuce. All garden greens (including spinach and arugula) grow very easily—and very quickly—but lettuce is probably the easiest. A cool-weather crop, just plant your seeds in the spring and fall, water them regularly, and in about 4 weeks you’ll have gorgeous baby lettuces popping up, ready to eat.
    • Green beans. Green beans are not only delicious, but they store well. They can be frozen or pickled, so if your bumper crop of green beans is a little too bumper (which can certainly happen, as they’re easy to grow) you don’t have to mulch them.
    • Onions. Onions are incredibly useful in the kitchen, and incredibly easy to grow. You can either buy dormant bulbs, which will mature faster, or start with seeds.
  2. Jun 9, 2023 · Once a mature determinate plant has produced its main “bumper crop”, the plant will drastically slow down in production or stop growing entirely. Bush tomatoes and bush green beans are prime examples of determinate plants.

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  3. Dec 4, 2023 · Michael Spencer of Houston, Texas, managed to grow a bumper crop of tomatoes, okra, potatoes, onions and more during a drought with these tips.

  4. May 15, 2019 · Look after strawberries for a bumper crop. As the harvest time for strawberries approaches, here’s our guide to making sure your plants give you the biggest and best crop every year.

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  6. Sep 18, 2013 · Joy Gough, T&M customer trial panel member, has had a very good summer with bumper crops of veg and fabulous flowers. Read her update here.

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