Recommended Variety List for Southcentral Alaska（推荐各种列表Southcentral阿拉斯加）.pdfVIP

Recommended Variety List for Southcentral Alaska HGA-00031 Gardening for recreation and for food production is popular in Southcentral Alaska, just as it is in the rest of the world. Although our short, cool growing season and cold soils present gardening challenges, our long day lengths and low pest levels give us gardening opportunities not seen by our counterparts in the rest of the United States. While many kinds of fruit and vegetables will grow won- derfully in our gardens, not all will. In general, cool season vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and the cabbage family thrive in our gardens, while warm season vegetables such as beans, cucumbers and tomatoes struggle to produce in open, unprotected gardens. One of the joys of gardening is discovering new varieties that are successful in your garden. Although there are many varieties that are not presented in the following charts that are worthy of your garden effort, the varieties listed have repeatedly proven successful in Southcentral Alaska. The recommendations for the varieties in the charts come from several sources. Many have been trialed by researchers at University of Alaska Fairbanks Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer or at the Division of Agriculture’s Plant Material Center in Butte, Alaska. Others have made the list because they are highly recommended by Master Gardeners throughout the Southcentral region. Since the weather, soil type, nutrient levels and produc-