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Root Vegetable Growing Guides

SoilStack has 92 root vegetables growing guides. Carrots, beets, potatoes, garlic, onions, radishes, turnips, and specialty roots. Underground crops depend on soil preparation and precise timing — each guide includes soil depth requirements, spacing, and storage advice.

Updated September 11, 2026 · 92 varieties
Adirondack Blue Potato
87d
Amarillo Yellow Carrots
Amarillo Yellow Carrots
75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Asian Tempest Garlic
Autumn King Carrots
Autumn King Carrots
75–80d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Barletta, Pearly White Onions
Barletta, Pearly White Onions
75–80d 6h+ sun Container OK
Beauregard Sweet Potato
Beauregard Sweet Potato
90–105d 8h+ sun
Beauty Pink Radishes
Beauty Pink Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Beauty Purple Radishes
Beauty Purple Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Beauty White Radishes
Beauty White Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Black Salsify
Black Salsify
110–125d 6h+ sun
Boltardy Beets
Boltardy Beets
50–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Brilliant Celeriac
Brilliant Celeriac
110–120d 6h+ sun
Bull's Blood Beets
Bull's Blood Beets
50–55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Candy Onion
Carentan Leeks
Carentan Leeks
90–110d 6h+ sun Container OK
Champion Radishes
Champion Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Chantenay Carrots
Chantenay Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container OK
Chengdu Garlic
Cherry Belle Radish
Cherry Belle Radish
21–30d 6h+ sun Container OK
Chesnok Red Garlic
Chioggia Beet
Chioggia Beet
55–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Cosmic Purple Carrot
58–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Creole Red Garlic
Crimson Forest Bunching Onions
Crimson Forest Bunching Onions
60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Crosby's Egyptian Beets
Crosby's Egyptian Beets
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Crosne tubers
Crosne tubers
180–220d 6h+ sun
Culinary Turmeric
Culinary Turmeric
240–300d 4h+ sun Container OK
Cylindra Beets
Cylindra Beets
60d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Daikon Radishes
Daikon Radishes
45–55d 4h+ sun
Danvers Carrot
Danvers Carrot
70–80d 6h+ sun Container OK
Detroit Dark Red Beet
Detroit Dark Red Beet
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Dutch Yellow Shallots
Dutch Yellow Shallots
90–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Early Wonder Beets
Early Wonder Beets
50d 6h+ sun Container OK
Easter Egg Radishes
Easter Egg Radishes
28–32d 4h+ sun Container OK
Elephant Garlic
Elephant Garlic
180–240d 6h+ sun Container OK
Evergreen Bunching Onions
Evergreen Bunching Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Fall Rutabagas
Fall Rutabagas
85–100d 6h+ sun
French Breakfast Radish
French Breakfast Radish
21–28d 6h+ sun Container OK
French Fingerling Potato
93d
French Red Shallots
French Red Shallots
90–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Garlic
Garlic
240–270d 6h+ sun
German Red Garlic
Giant Musselburgh Leeks
Giant Musselburgh Leeks
100–105d 6h+ sun Container OK
Ginger
Ginger
240–300d 4h+ sun Container OK
Golden Beet
Golden Beet
55–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Golden Detroit Beets
Golden Detroit Beets
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Golden Globe Turnips
Golden Globe Turnips
45–50d 6h+ sun Container OK
Goldrush Potato
111–120d
Grano Red Onions
Grano Red Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Grano White Onions
Grano White Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Hailstone Radishes
Hailstone Radishes
30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Harris Model Parsnips
Harris Model Parsnips
90d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Heritage Rainbow Blend Carrots
Heritage Rainbow Blend Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Holland Red Shallots
Holland Red Shallots
90–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Inchelium Red Garlic
Jerusalem artichoke tubers
Jerusalem artichoke tubers
110–150d 6h+ sun
Kennebec Potato
121–135d
King Richard Leek
75d 8h+ sun
Kuroda Carrots
Kuroda Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Little Fingers Carrots
Little Fingers Carrots
55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Lunar White Carrots
Lunar White Carrots
75–80d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify
150d
Mild French Garlic
Nantes Carrot
Nantes Carrot
62–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Nutri-Red Carrots
Nutri-Red Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
OG American Flag Leeks
OG American Flag Leeks
90–100d 6h+ sun Container OK
Paris Market Carrots
Paris Market Carrots
50–55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Parsnip
Parsnip
100–130d 6h+ sun
Potato onion clusters
Potato onion clusters
90–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Purple Carrots
Purple Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Purple Glazer Garlic
Purple Haze Carrots
Purple Haze Carrots
70–73d 6h+ sun Container OK
Purple Plum Radishes
Purple Plum Radishes
28–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Red Burgundy Onions
Red Burgundy Onions
110–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Red Pontiac Potato
Red Pontiac Potato
90–110d 6h+ sun Container OK
Siberian Garlic
Snow White Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Softneck Garlic
Softneck Garlic
240–270d 6h+ sun Container OK
Solar Yellow Carrots
Solar Yellow Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Southport Red Globe Onions
Southport Red Globe Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Southport White Globe Onions
Southport White Globe Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Spanish Sweet White Onions
Spanish Sweet White Onions
110–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Sparkler Radishes
Sparkler Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
St. Valery Carrots
St. Valery Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Tendersweet Carrots
Tendersweet Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Texas 1015Y SuperSweet Onion
Texas 1015Y SuperSweet Onion
105–115d 6h+ sun
Turnip
Turnip
50–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Watermelon Radishes
Watermelon Radishes
50–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
White Detroit Beets
White Detroit Beets
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
White Icicle Radishes
White Icicle Radishes
30–40d 4h+ sun Container OK
White Lisbon Bunching Onions
White Lisbon Bunching Onions
65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Yukon Gold Potato
Yukon Gold Potato
80–100d 6h+ sun Container OK

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