Fast-growing vegetables: harvest in 60 days or less

Sometimes you want the garden to hurry up: a new bed to prove itself, kids to keep interested, or a gap between seasons to fill. Every crop here reaches harvest inside two months in decent conditions, several inside one. Speed depends on warmth, so check your suburb’s window before sowing.

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   1. Radish

   About 30 days. The fastest thing you can grow that is worth eating.

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   2. Basil

   Pick leaves from 40 days in warm weather, then keep pinching all season.

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   3. Coriander

   Usable leaves in about 40 days. Sow small amounts often, because it bolts on a schedule.

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   4. Spinach

   Baby leaves in 45 days in cool weather, full plants soon after.

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   5. Choy Sum

   Flowering stems in about 45 days, and the whole plant is edible.

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   6. Bok Choy

   Full heads in 50 days; harvest outer leaves earlier if you cannot wait.

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   7. Zucchini

   First fruit in about 50 days, and then a relentless supply.

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   8. Lettuce

   Loose-leaf types give a first cut in five to six weeks and keep going.

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   9. French Bean

   Bush beans crop in about 55 days and keep producing for weeks if picked.