Giant Vegetable List

Everyone seems to want to grow giant and unusual plants in their garden, we think that this is great, but should also be functional. We’ve put together a list of vegetables that not only produce huge fruits, but are practical as well.


Cabbage
VC232 Giant Flat Dutch

The giant of the cabbages! A huge variety often weighing 10-12 pounds per head! Excellent for eating or making kraut. 100 days.
  Package of 100 seeds $1.85

2525 Giant Walking Stick Cabbage
Brassica oleracea longata. 180-300 days to a walking stick. Huge edible cabbage leaves top a vertical stem strong enough to use as a cane. These unique plants have produced walking sticks for centuries. Plant 40 inches apart early in the spring. With good growing practices, the slender stem grows straight and strong. Allow it to harden in the garden. In late January or February pull the plants, cut off the roots and crown, and hang indoors to dry. When it feels solid like a baseball bat it is ready. Cannot ship to IA
  15 seeds per package $2.15

Corn
AW09 Giant Silo

Grow incredible corn stalks 12-15 ft. tall with huge ears of corn. People will slow down as they pass by to marvel at this giant corn! This is a silo type corn used for livestock feed, it also is a wonderful wildlife food. Will grow 5 times the amount of normal corn, there have been reports of 40-50 tons per acre! Great fodder producer.

  10 gram pack ( about 35 seeds ) $2.50

Carrots
NB23 Purple Haze F1 Hybrid

Beauty and bigness! Interesting novelty purple carrot has smooth roots averaging 10-12 inches, but can easily reach 16", with bright orange centre and very sweet flavor. Upright tops average 14-16 in/36-42 cm in height. Cooking dissolves the purple color. All America Selections Winner. 70 days.
  .050mg package ( 25+ seeds ) $1.75
Cucumber
TPF206 Armenian Yard Long

Amazing 2-3 ft. long cucumbers with crisp white flesh and a mild sweet flavor.
  20 seeds $2.95

Leeks
2035 Giant Musselburgh

Heirloom. Huge stalks can reach up to 18 inches. Delicious and mild-flavored. Thick, succulent stems are used as an autumn and winter substitute for green onions. Maturity is about 100 days.

  1/2 Teaspoon Pack ( 100+ seeds ) $1.95

Melon
W130 Amarillo Oro

Giant, beautiful, golden-yellow oblong fruit grow to 15 lbs and have sweet, creamy white flesh, A pre-1870 European heirloom winter type. Good shipper.
  Package of 15 seeds $1.95

Mustard
H839 Japanese Giant Red Mustard

Brassica juncea. One of the largest mustard types we've ever seen. Beautiful large Japanese type. Purple-red leaves with a delicious strong, sharp, almost garlic-like, mustard flavor. Tasty stir-fried or boiled and makes a great pickling variety. Cannot ship to AL
  5cc Package ( hundreds of seeds ) $2.15

Onion
3315 Ailsa Craig Giant Exhibition

Giant show quality 2-5 pound onions! Globe Kelsae type, golden color skin, firm white flesh, sweet, 110 days. Grow them to impress your neighbors and win competitions, but also be sure to enjoy their wonderful flavor!
 50mg ( about 20 seeds per pack ) $2.50

Pepper
PEP347 Colossal Bell Pepper

Huge peppers! Even bigger than Whopper, green to red, thick wall, 5 x 8" bells, delicious flavor, will really make your neighbors jealous! 65 days
Package of 10 seeds $3.25

Pepper
PEP019 Chinese Giant

One of the most popular large, midseason mild peppers perfect for home garden. Bell-shaped fruits are large and blocky, with thick walls. ' Sweet-flavored peppers ripen to brilliant cherry red, averaging a huge six inches across and four to five inches deep. 90 days.
15 seeds $2.15

Pepper
PEP079 Big Chile Hybrid

More chile in every sense! 8-10 inches long and weighing up to 4 ounces each!. Tremendous yields of mild green chiles in the Anaheim variety, but much larger than Ananeims, up to 40% larger.
15 seeds $2.15

Pumpkin
JM110 Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

120 Days Grow for giant pumpkins. Fruits more than 500 pounds not uncommon. Fruit is round to flattened round, ribbed, with striking bright orange color. Seed cavity is small. Flesh is meaty, makes great pies.
 15 Seeds $2.95

Radish
W188 German Giant
29 days. Immense roots actually grow to the size of a baseball. Great mild flavor, never gets hot or woody.
 3.2g Package $2.25

Spinach
3316 Oriental Giant

F1, Fast grower, giant smooth arrowhead shape leaf, twice as big as others, huge yield, rich mild flavor, crunchy, resists mildew, 50 days.
 700mg pack ( about 40 seeds ) $2.50

Swiss Chard
JF224 Fordhook Giant

Grow tasty, giant Swiss Chard! Best green type, very heat resistant, huge white veined, broad white stems, 50 days.
 1.5g Package ( about 70 seeds ) $2.50

Squash
VH562 Giant Pink Banana Squash

Amaze your friends with this giant winter squash. Produces huge pink colored banana shaped fruits up to 30" long, shaped like a banana. Flesh is bright orange and sweet. Very flavorful.
  Package of 5 seeds $1.95

Squash
2206 Marina di Chioggia Squash

The heirloom sea pumpkin of Chioggia, on the coast of Italy, The large turban shaped fruit are deep blue-green. It is one of the most beautiful and unique of all squash. A perfect variety for market gardeners. The rich, sweet flesh is a deep yellow-orange and of good quality, delicious baked or in pies. The fruit weigh about 10 lbs. each and are produced on vigorous vines. Stunning!
  Package of 5 seeds $1.95

Tomato
RTP018 Beefmaster Hybrid

A hybrid strain of beefsteak type tomato on Indeterminate vines. Solid, meaty and flavorful bright red fruits weighing up to 2 pounds or more. Indeterminate. 75 days.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Tomato
RTP034 Brandywine

Amish variety dating back to 1885. Excellent fine flavored rose pink fruits to 1½ pounds on potato like vines. Days to Harvest: 100.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

RTP063 Crimson Cushion
Very old beefsteak variety with vigorous vines and huge thick fleshed fruits weighing up to 2 pounds. 80 days. Indeterminate.

Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Tomato
RTP104 Giant Oxheart

Large firm, meaty rosy pink fruits that weigh up to 2 pounds. Very few seeds. 90 days. Indeterminate.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Tomato
RTP148 Kentucky Beefsteak ( Heirloom )

Enormous 2 pound deep orange and delicious fruits. 115 days. Indeterminate.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Tomato
RTP192 Old German

An old heirloom variety producing huge boat shaped fruits weighing 2 pounds or so. Color is golden yellow with pink to red stripes that varies from fruit to fruit. Excellent for slicing.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

Tomato
RTP339 Watermelon Beefsteak ( Heirloom )

Giant, pink skinned fruits weighing 2 pounds or more with very mild flavor. Oblong shape similar to a watermelon. 75 days. Indeterminate.
Package of 20 seeds $2.15

JM127 Black Diamond Red Flesh
40 pound fruits with dark green rind, sweet red flesh. Good shipper. When properly pruned, and soil and weather conditions are favorable, melons could reach 75-80 pounds in size.

 25 Seeds $2.50



New! The key to growing any giant vegetable begins with Jim's Plant Growth Stimulator for Vegetables.
Jim has developed this product through years of testing on his farms. This natural, environmentally safe solution will produce amazing results, producing vigorous plants and larger yeilds of vegetables. We highly recommend you do you own trial test ( i.e. spray one plant with solution, next to a plant not sprayed with solution over the length of a growing season ) to fully appreciate how effective this product is.
This is a two part water soluble product that should be mixed 14.75cc of each part ( we provide measuring spoon with solution ) to one gallon of water and sprayed onto the foliage of the plants. It contains
Food Grade H202, ( produced by nature ) Gibberellic Acid ( a natural plant growth hormone ), B1 and other plant vitamins, plant hormones, ( made from natural sources ) micronutrients including Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S) and Zinc (Zn) plus a natural detergent based "sticker" that makes the product stick to the leaves until absorbed by the plant.
This mix will make 16 gallons of solution.
  JPAG07 Plant Growth Stimulator for Vegetables $14.95