Regional guide

Utah Vegetable Variety Recommendations

USU archived Utah guide for variety selection, maturity/frost-free caveats, disease-resistance framing, planting chart, and conservative matches.

Climate signals

• USU archived HG 313, Home Vegetable Garden: Variety Recommendations for Utah, by Dan Drost, Extension Vegetable Specialist, is a March 1994 bulletin.
• The bulletin says early maturing vegetables should develop in most growing areas of Utah.
• Vegetables with long maturity periods and those that require warm temperatures may not mature in some areas where early frosts occur.
• Consult your local county extension office for information on the frost free period and recommended planting dates for your growing area.

Planning notes

• Hybrid varieties are generally more vigorous and uniform in growth, possess better disease resistance, and have greater productivity than open-pollinated varieties, while performance differences vary with growing conditions.
• Selecting varieties with disease resistance can reduce crop loss and minimize pesticide use in the home garden; USU says to use varieties with multiple disease resistance when possible.
• The source says this is only a partial list of satisfactory varieties and seed sources, and the exclusion of other varieties or seed companies in no way indicates that they are undesirable.
• Beets include Detroit Dark Red at 63 days in the recommended vegetable varieties list.
• Cabbage includes Golden Acre at 58 days in the transplanted cabbage list.
• Slicing cucumbers include MarketMore 76 at 58 days in the cucumber list.
• Onions include Evergreen White Bunching (green) at 60 days; use the Evergreen Bunching catalog link as a conservative source-name match that omits the source's White descriptor.
• Peas include Sugar Snap at 70 days as an AAS snap pea in the pea list.
• Tomatoes include Roma at 75 days in the transplanted tomato list.
• The vegetable planting chart says planting dates vary with location in Utah and to consult your county extension office to determine the best time to plant.
• The planting chart lists beets for Mar 25-Jul 1 with 50-70 days to maturity, snap beans for May 15-Jul 15 with 50-70 days, carrots for Mar 15-Jun 15 with 60-80 days, and tomatoes for May 15-Jun 15 with 60-90 days.
• Source rows without priority links include Danvers Half Long, Utah 52-70, Hales Best, Early Butternut, Yellow Baby, Yolo Wonder L, Melody spinach, and many other names because the catalog lacks exact or conservative source-name matches.
• Use priority catalog links as exact variety-list matches or labeled conservative source-name matches from this archived Utah bulletin, not current statewide planting endorsements or USU endorsements of every catalog detail.

Catalog crop examples

These catalog entries match crops covered by the regional timing source; variety-specific details remain tied to each seed entry's own source.

• Detroit Dark Red Beet Vegetable · Cool · 58 days
• Golden Acre Cabbage Vegetable · Cool · 64 days
• Marketmore 76 Cucumber Vegetable · Warm · 58 days
• Evergreen Bunching Onion Vegetable · Shoulder · 65 days
• Sugar Snap Pea Vegetable · Cool · 62 days
• Roma Tomato Vegetable · Warm · 76 days

Related regional guides

• Utah Frost-Group Vegetable Garden A USU frost-group guide for Utah planting dates, city frost swings, protected-cover caveats, succession rows, and fall windows.
• Wasatch Front Vegetable Planting Dates USU Wasatch Front guide for city last-frost dates, hardy/tender planting groups, succession rows, and fall harvest windows.
• Washington County Utah Two-Season Vegetable Garden USU Washington County guide for elevation-driven frost seasons, St. George heat pause, short-season sites, and fall count-back timing.
• Washington County Utah Fall Vegetable Calendar USU Washington County fall guide for August direct-seed windows, September transplants, elevation shifts, frost caveats, and storage onions.

Source: USU Extension Home Vegetable Garden: Variety Recommendations for Utah