seasonal crops
Weather-dependent harvests annually
Seasonal crops are plants cultivated and harvested according to specific times of year, their growth cycles tied to temperature, rainfall, or daylight patterns.
The term distinguishes them from year-round or greenhouse production: Strawberries are seasonal crops in most climates.
Farmers and consumers use the phrase when discussing what's available fresh at particular times: The market features seasonal crops from local farms.
- annualsSingle-season plants
- rice farmingCultivating aquatic grain crops
- summer squashTender-skinned warm-weather gourd
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- biennialsLiving two growing seasons
barley · intercropping · almanac · heirloom varieties · seed catalog · farmer's almanac · frost dates · monsoon · cash crops · growing zone · first frost · tropical crops · irrigation systems · local markets · perennials · spring planting · fields · subsistence farming
- farmers marketfarmers market, farmstand, farm stands, tomato, vendors
- Market Gardenstomatoes, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, peppers
- Vegetable Industryfarming, crops, harvest, seeds, soil
- Bekaa Valleyvineyards, wineries, wine production, grapes, Roman ruins
- dryland farmingdry farming, dryland farming, fallow, rainfed, water harvesting
seasonal cropsperennial crops
Plants yielding multiple seasons
asparagus · rhubarb · fruit trees · nut trees