When to harvest: (see details)?

Question

i would like to know the signs, or time periods of when to harvest vegetables such as:
-(dutch) onions
-carrots
-wax beans
-corn
-lettuce (the package says summertime?)
-(table) onion

Answer 1

-(dutch) onions

What are Dutch onions? See my explaination below of onion harvest and storage

-carrots

When they are big enough to suit you-60 to 90 days afer you planted them

-wax beans

When they are yellow and full sized but before you see a lot of bean making the pods lumpy

-corn

When the cobs are full sized and the silks are dark brown, brittle and falling off, you can feel the kernels through he wrappers filling to the top of the plant

-lettuce (the package says summertime?)

Lettuce does best in spring and fall, it is not a hot weather plant and ttends to get quite bitter in hot weather. Harvest by cutting above the base of the plant leaving a inch or so of leaves when the plants are small (around 20 to 25 days) as baby lettuce (which you can harvest every few days for several weeks) or let it grow to a full sized head and cut it off at the base of the plant below the leaves (but you harvest only once)

-(table) onion

Do you mean yellow (hot) onion or sweet Onion? For hot onions (and red onions too) harvest when the tops fall over by pulling the enire plant, cure them for 4 to 6 weeks in a well ventialted area out of sunlight (a garage, barn or shed) either hanging or on racks until the greens are brown and crispy). This will make them storable over winter. But you can use them during the curing period. Well cured onions can last 10 months

If you are growing sweet onions like Granex, Ailsa Craig, walla walla, vidalia, etc., pull them when they are big enough to use. Eventually their greens will fall over and at that time pull hem all, cut the greens off and sore in a cool place. these will last at best 3 months

Answer 2

Let's skip Dutch onions because I'm not sure what they are. Are the small onions like for stews or are they harvested and set aside for later use? If for stews and stuch, harvest when size you want to use.

Carrots, when the size you want to eat them but depending on their natural size. That is if you planted ones that only grow 4 inches into the ground, harvest just as they reach 4 feet. I taste them and when I detect it pithy center, I know they must come out NOW. Actually I'm harvesting a lot up to the pithy point and have very few that reach that mature tate.

Wax beans....the bean should be nearly full size but you shouldn't be able to feel much of a seed inside....infact I dont want to feel or see any bumps. I hopen harvest beans early to get tinier, slender beans for a special treat.

Corn, after the tassels have turned brown give it a week or two and then test a kernel by piercing with your thumbnail. If the juice is clear, too early. If the juice is thick or even ropey, too late. You want milky juice when pierced. Obviously you can do this without removing a ear from the plant, pull back the husk a bit.

Lettuce, harvest continually for a salad, remove the outer leaves, letting new ones come on in the middle.

Ah, there's the onion.......ideally the tops should flop over indicating the leaves have done all they can to make the bulb. However, if that isn't happening and the season is getting near an end....say a few weeks away, I bend the tops over thus crimping the water and food conducting vessels forcing the bulb to mature for digging and storage. You have to let the onions dry somewhat after digging before storage. Dig, shake off the dirt and place in a well ventilated area out of the sun and let them dry a few weeks.

Answer 3

Carrots you can can harvest whenever you feel it is big enough.

Corn harvest when the cob is up to the top of the ear.

Lettuce you harvest while the leaves look good. Just cut the leaves off. If they start turning brown, its too late.

Onions and beans, I don't know.

Answer 4

To finish the answer above, when they look ready to eat at the size you want.