Crops
214 crops found
Spelt
Triticum spelta
Ancient hulled wheat with nutty flavor. More disease-resistant than common wheat.
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Cool-season leafy green. Bolts quickly in heat. High in iron and vitamins.
Squash
Cucurbita pepo
Warm-season vine or bush producing summer and winter squash varieties.
Starfruit
Averrhoa carambola
Tropical tree producing star-shaped cross-section fruit. Sweet and tart varieties.
Stevia
Stevia rebaudiana
Natural sweetener herb. Leaves are 200-300 times sweeter than sugar.
Strawberry
Fragaria x ananassa
Perennial fruit. June-bearing, everbearing, and day-neutral types.
Sudangrass
Sorghum x drummondii
Warm-season grass producing massive biomass. Excellent for breaking compacted soil with deep roots.
Sun Hemp
Crotalaria juncea
Tropical legume producing massive biomass and fixing large amounts of nitrogen. Needs warm temperatures.
Sunchoke
Helianthus tuberosus
Native perennial sunflower grown for its edible tubers. Also called Jerusalem artichoke.
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Tall annual grown for seeds, oil, or ornamental use. Attracts pollinators.
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Warm-season tuber crop. Grown from slips, not seed. Needs long warm season.
Tamarillo
Solanum betaceum
Subtropical tree tomato producing egg-shaped tart fruit. Fast-growing but frost-sensitive.
Taro
Colocasia esculenta
Tropical tuber crop. Starchy corm must be cooked before eating. Very productive.
Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
Perennial herb with anise-like flavor. French tarragon does not set seed; propagate by division.
Tatsoi
Brassica rapa var. rosularis
Asian rosette green with spoon-shaped dark leaves. Very cold-hardy.
Teff
Eragrostis tef
Tiny Ethiopian grain rich in protein and iron. Used for injera bread.
Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
Perennial Mediterranean herb. Low-growing, drought-tolerant ground cover.
Tomatillo
Physalis philadelphica
Warm-season crop producing green fruits in papery husks. Essential for salsa verde.
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Popular warm-season fruit grown as annual. Requires staking or caging.
Triticale
x Triticosecale
Wheat-rye hybrid combining wheat yield with rye hardiness.