Vegetables to cultivate, when and where to cultivate

Definition of Vegetables

Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds.

Any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.

Vegetables That are Grown in Nigeria

• Fluted Pumpkin (Ugwu)
• Jute Leaf (Ewedu)
• Cucumber
• Green Okra
• Cabbage
• Tomatoes

Where and When to Grow Vegetables

• Climate change
• Types of soil: Loamy, Sandy Clay soil and Loamy sandy soil
• Rainfall season check