Food plants grown from seed: vegetables, greens, grains and the odd fruiting crop that behaves like a vegetable in the kitchen. Beyond the usual garden varieties, this section includes wild and primitive crop relatives that carry traits modern cultivars have lost, along with regional staples little known outside their home range. Each profile covers the plant habit, its growing requirements, and how to get reliable germination from its seed. The emphasis is on understanding the crop rather than just planting it, so the notes also touch on where each plant came from and why it grows the way it does.
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Vigna unguiculata Seeds | Cowpea Sinensis
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Vicia faba Seeds | Broad Bean
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Lablab purpureus Seeds | Dolichos
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Carica papaya Seeds | Papaya
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Canavalia gladiata Seeds | Sword Bean
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Oryza sativa Seeds | Jasmine Rice
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Brassica oleracea var. italica Seeds | Broccoli
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Oryza sativa Seeds | Brown Rice
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Daucus carota Seeds | Black Carrot
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Allium sativum (single-clove form) Seeds | Non-splitting Garlic
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Fragaria × ananassa (white-fruited) Seeds | White Strawberry
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Oryza sativa Seeds | Upland Rice
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Oryza sativa var. glutinosa Seeds | Glutinous Rice
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Arachis hypogaea Seeds | Red Peanut
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Arachis hypogaea Seeds | Black Peanut
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Ipomoea aquatica Seeds | Water Spinach
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Sorghum bicolor Seeds | Red Sorghum
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Pachyrhizus erosus Seeds | Yam Bean
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Cucurbita pepo Seeds | Summer Squash
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Zea mays Seeds | Ornamental Maize
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Zea mays Seeds | White Maize
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Zea mays Seeds | Black Maize
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Zea mays Seeds | Purple Maize
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Eutrema japonicum Seeds | Wasabi