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Root Vegetable Growing Guides

SoilStack has 77 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 April 19, 2026 · 77 varieties

Root Vegetables & Tubers

68 varieties
Amarillo Yellow Carrots
75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Autumn King Carrots
75–80d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Barletta, Pearly White Onions
75–80d 6h+ sun Container OK
Beauregard Sweet Potato
Beauregard Sweet Potato
90–105d 8h+ sun
Beauty Pink Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Beauty Purple Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Beauty White Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Boltardy Beets
50–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Bull's Blood Beets
50–55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Champion Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Chantenay Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container OK
Cherry Belle Radish
Cherry Belle Radish
21–30d 6h+ sun Container OK
Chioggia Beet
Chioggia Beet
55–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Cosmic Purple Carrot
58–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Crimson Forest Bunching Onions
60d 6h+ sun Container OK
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
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
Early Wonder Beets
50d 6h+ sun Container OK
Easter Egg Radishes
28–32d 4h+ sun Container OK
Elephant garlic bulbs
Elephant garlic bulbs
180–240d 6h+ sun Container OK
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
Garlic
Garlic
240–270d 6h+ sun
Ginger
Ginger
240–300d 4h+ sun Container OK
Golden Beet
Golden Beet
55–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Golden Detroit Beets
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
Golden Globe Turnips
45–50d 6h+ sun Container OK
Grano Red Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Grano White Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Hailstone Radishes
30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Harris Model Parsnips
90d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Heritage Rainbow Blend Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Jerusalem artichoke tubers
Jerusalem artichoke tubers
110–150d 6h+ sun
Kuroda Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Little Fingers Carrots
55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Lunar White Carrots
75–80d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Nantes Carrot
Nantes Carrot
62–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Nutri-Red Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
Paris Market Carrots
50–55d 6h+ sun Container OK
Parsnip
Parsnip
100–130d 6h+ sun
Purple Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Purple Haze Carrots
70–73d 6h+ sun Container OK
Purple Plum Radishes
28–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
Red Burgundy Onions
110–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Red Pontiac Potato
Red Pontiac Potato
90–110d 6h+ sun Container OK
Snow White Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Softneck Garlic
Softneck Garlic
240–270d 6h+ sun Container OK
Solar Yellow Carrots
70–75d 6h+ sun Container OK
Southport Red Globe Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Southport White Globe Onions
120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Spanish Sweet White Onions
110–120d 6h+ sun Container OK
Sparkler Radishes
25–30d 4h+ sun Container OK
St. Valery/James Scarlet Carrots
70d 6h+ sun Container (limited)
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 Radish
Watermelon Radish
50–65d 6h+ sun Container OK
Watermelon Radishes
50–60d 4h+ sun Container (limited)
White Detroit Beets
55–60d 6h+ sun Container OK
White Icicle Radishes
30–40d 4h+ sun Container OK
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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