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Garden Cress
Lepidium sativum
Fast-growing microgreens, ready for harvest in 7-10 days
- Growth time
- 10 days
- Watering
- Every day or two in a shallow tray on a windowsill
Great for beginners
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From a week of cress to a lifetime with an oak. Choose a plant whose pace suits you — every species grows in real time.
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Quick growers
EasyVegetable
Cherry Belle Radish
Raphanus sativus
Fast-growing root vegetable, ready in 25-30 days
- Growth time
- 30 days
- Watering
- Every day or two in a 6-inch pot in summer sun
Great for beginners
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Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Aromatic culinary herb, first harvest in 6-8 weeks
- Growth time
- 2 months
- Watering
- Every day or two in an 8-inch pot in summer sun
Great for beginners
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Butterhead Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Loose-head variety, harvest in 55-65 days
- Growth time
- 2 months
- Watering
- About weekly in an 8-inch pot on a windowsill
Great for beginners
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French Marigold
Tagetes patula
Annual flower, blooms in 8-10 weeks from seed
- Growth time
- 2 months
- Watering
- Every day or two in an 8-inch pot in summer sun
Great for beginners
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Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
Determinate variety, fruit in 65-75 days from seed
- Growth time
- 2 months
- Watering
- About weekly in a garden bed in summer sun
Some experience helpful
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Dwarf Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Compact variety, flowers in 10-12 weeks
- Growth time
- 2 months
- Watering
- About weekly in a garden bed in summer sun
Great for beginners
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MediumVegetable
Nantes Carrot
Daucus carota
Sweet orange root vegetable, harvest in 4-5 months
- Growth time
- 4 months
- Watering
- Every 3 days or so in a deep pot in summer sun
Some experience helpful
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Bell Pepper
Capsicum annuum
Sweet pepper variety, fruits in 5-6 months
- Growth time
- 5 months
- Watering
- About weekly in a garden bed in summer sun
Some experience helpful
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HardTree
Japanese Maple Bonsai
Acer palmatum
Deciduous bonsai tree, developing character over decades
- Growth time
- 15 years
- Watering
- Every 3 days or so in a 5-gallon pot in summer sun
Requires patience and care
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English Oak
Quercus robur
Majestic hardwood tree, reaches maturity in 50-80 years
- Growth time
- 60 years
- Watering
- About weekly in summer for its first two years in the ground, then only in long dry spells
Requires patience and care
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Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
World's tallest tree species, centuries to full height
- Growth time
- 150 years
- Watering
- About weekly in summer for its first two years in the ground, then only in long dry spells
Requires patience and care
Sign up to plantHow it works
- 1
Choose a seed
Cress is ready in a week; an oak takes decades. Every plant grows at its real pace.
- 2
Care for it
Each plant tells you what it needs now: water, food, a bigger pot, a pick.
- 3
Harvest
Pick crops as they ripen. Leave them too long and some are lost.