You want to harvest your own vegetables and aren't among the most patient gardeners? The varieties presented here ensure quick harvesting success without extensive care. So then: On your beds, ready, go – and enjoy in just a few weeks.

Among vegetable types, there are those that go full throttle from the start and are hard to stop, and others that hold back a bit at first to then reach top form. Hobby gardeners who can hardly wait until the first vegetables are harvested gladly choose fast-growing vegetable varieties. However, you shouldn't disregard a few basics: Without the right site conditions like soil, light, temperature, and moisture, even the fastest vegetables won't get out of the starting blocks. So, pay attention to the instructions on the packaging when sowing and rather be patient for one or two weeks longer if, for example, the optimal soil temperature has not yet been reached. And the really impatient ones don't sow but buy pre-grown young plants of kohlrabi & co. in garden centers.

"If there were a race in the germination and growth of vegetables, then the radish would confidently take first place every time. Within 6-10 days, the root vegetable germinates and is ready for harvest after about 4-5 weeks. Sowing takes place directly outdoors from mid-March to September. These crisp delicacies are not only red and round; why not also try two-colored varieties in red and white, elongated ones in a taproot shape, or a multicolored mix with yellow, purple, and white radishes?

Kohlrabi also impresses with a short development time (germination period 6-10 days). The cabbage plant with a thickened stem tuber is either pre-grown indoors from March and planted outdoors from April, or sown directly into the bed under foil from mid-April. You can choose between white (light green) and blue-violet varieties, with the white ones usually having a shorter cultivation period."

"Among the lettuces, leaf lettuce and cutting lettuce are the favorites for a quick harvest. At favorable temperatures, the first seedlings appear after 1-2 weeks. The leaves are picked as needed from the bottom or outside inwards; the heart is left so that the plant continues to grow. Sow a new batch in good time, because after 4-6 weeks the plants should be cut completely (otherwise they grow too tall). There is a large selection of leaf shapes and colors, e.g., oak leaf lettuce or curly-leafed Lollo varieties, so you can bring variety to the bed. The spicy salad rocket is also one of the sprinters in the bed and pot (germination period 5-14 days) and can be harvested 4-6 weeks after sowing.

Very popular are also the fast-growing salad mixes, which are sold in garden centers as baby leaf mix. Sowing takes place on very finely raked beds; window boxes, containers, or bowls are also well suited. The tender leaves are harvested after just 4-6 weeks. Some mixes also contain other types of vegetables that can be grown like cutting lettuce, e.g., spinach, sorrel, Swiss chard, or beetroot.

Asia salads refer to leafy vegetables originating from Asia (leaf mustard varieties, crosses of Brassica species). The young leaves are harvested, which taste very spicy due to the mustard oils they contain. From spring to autumn, these fast-growing salads are sown outdoors, and depending on the variety, the first edible leaves are obtained within 3-7 weeks."