Shady vegetables

Have you ever wanted to plant a vegetables garden but figure you can't because you don't have day long of sun? Well guess again, there are vegetables that will grow with two to four hours of sun, they might grow a little slower but they will grow. And you can maximize the length of sun you receive by pruning back tree branches if they are a problem. Study your area, time the suns length and mark the best spots before you plant. One of the benefits of less sun is plants like lettuce, broccoli, radishes and cauliflower have less chance of bolting.

Potato plant/Pixabay

To get a start below is a list of vegetables that have been proven to grow without sun all day. If you do not care for any of them or they do not produce, try a different variety or experiment with other plants, like I have found potatoes, which just looks like a short bush that flowers will grow with about a five hour sun window every day, you just have to be willing to dig them up at the end of their season.

Two to four hours of sun

chard

kale

leaf lettuce

Cauliflower/Pixabay

mustard greens

collards

spinach

Four to six hours of sun

cabbage

cauliflower

carrots

cucumbers

radishes

Brussels sprouts

broccoli

Lettuce/Pixabay

beets

leeks

onions

turnips

tomatoes

Brussels sprouts/Pixabay