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Direct Sow Vegetable Seeds

Sow these vegetable seeds directly into your garden for a bountiful harvest of Lettuce, Beans, Cucumbers, Squash and more.

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Lettuce

Our lettuce selection guarantees that your salads are endlessly appetizing and varied. There are four main kinds of lettuce to choose from: Butterhead (Bibb), Crisphead (Iceberg), Looseleaf (Cutting) and Romaine. Fast-growing & delicious, garden greens.

Lettuce, Heatwave Blend

Lettuce that keps its cool in the heat, remaining productive and tasty longer.

Lettuce, Looseleaf Blend

Five favorites in one pack.

Lettuce, Baby Leaf Mix

4 tasty gourmet baby lettuces.

Lettuce, Black-Seeded Simpson

HEIRLOOM. Even after 150 years it's one of the most tender leaf lettuces.

Lettuce, Buttercrunch

All-America Winner. Extremely popular lettuce with luscious, buttery texture.

Lettuce, Braveheart

Extra-large romaine with solid full hearts rich green to the core.
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Mesclun

The French approach to salad greens--"mesclun" means "mixture." Early sweet lettuces and tangy, tender greens are pre-mixed to grow together for easy cutting. They're as pretty in the garden as they are in the bowl. Harvest most mixes in 30 days.

Mesclun, Classic Mix

Sweet lettuces and tangy, tender greens are pre-mixed in just the right proportions.

Mesclun, Sweet Salad Mix

Beautiful blend of Heirloom greens.

Mesclun, Salad Fresh Cutting Mix

Our favorite gourmet mixture of delicious greens

Mesclun, Green Party Mix

The sweetest and tangiest greens in our garden in a wide spectrum of tastes, textures and colors.

Mesclun,Salad Mix

Our gourmet blend of 6 varieties.

Mesclun, Spicy Mix

Spicy and tangy salad mixture.
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Spinach

Garden-fresh young leaves make wonderfully tasty salads; mature leaves are deliciously tangy fresh or cooked. Grow cool, as a spring or fall crop. Plan sowings for continuous harvest. Thin to 5-6" apart.

Spinach, Baby's Leaf Hybrid

The flat green leaves are sweet tender and very easy to clean.

Spinach, Salad Fresh

Withstands harsh weather.

Spinach, Bloomsdale Long Standing

HEIRLOOM. Heavy, continuous yield of thick-textured, crinkled, glossy, dark green leaves.

Spinach, Melody Hybrid

Dark green ruffled leaves. Large upright plants.

Spinach, New Zealand

Heat-resistant, best for summer use.
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Radish

Direct sow radish seeds now through early fall for second season harvests. Radish plants mature very quickly and can be planted even as the weather starts to cool.

Radish, Rover Hybrid

Rare radish that can take the heat.

Radish, Watermelon

Heirloom treasure from China.

Radish, Perfecto

Grows to a perfect shape no matter what size.

Radish, Fire 'N Ice

Delicate and mild sweet flavor.

Radish, Cherry Belle

All-America Winner. Extra-early, retains fine eating quality all season.

Radish, German Giant

Large size in just 29 days.
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Carrots

Direct sow carrot seeds every 2 weeks during the second season and mulch to keep the ground from freezing to pull sweet carrots all winter.

Carrot, Touchon

HEIRLOOM. Sweet and tender, quick to mature.

Carrot, Kaleidoscope Mix

Our exclusive blend of wild colors!

Carrot, Sweet Treat Hybrid

Carrots with outstanding flavor and delicious crunch.

Carrot, Nantes Half Long

Slim, cylindrical, orange roots.

Carrot, Danvers Half Long

HEIRLOOM. Developed in 1886 by market gardeners in Danvers, Mass.

Carrot, Scarlet Nantes Organic

Easy to grow and full of vitamins. Certified Organic.
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Squash

Burpee's squash seeds grow in any home garden. Shop our zucchini, butternut, scallop, winter and summer squash at Burpee Seeds.

Squash, Summer, Golden Egg Hybrid

The best-tasting squash in Burpee’s taste trials for two years in a row.

Squash, Summer, Burpee Hybrid Zucchini

Our best-selling zucchini for over 40 years.

Squash, Winter, Burpee's Butterbush

Space-saving plants. Delicious flavor.

Squash, Winter, Lakota

HEIRLOOM. Lakota is as colorful as an Indian blanket with the fine baking quality of Hubbard.

Squash, Winter, Acorn Table Queen

A medium sized, acorn shaped, vining type.
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Cucumbers

Burpless' cucumbers, both American and Asian types, contain low or no cucurbitacin, the compound that causes bitterness and increases one's susceptibility to 'burping' after eating the fruits. Frequent watering will also decrease fruit bitterness.

Cucumber, Bush Champion

You won't believe the large number of crisp, bright green slicers you'll get.

Cucumber, Picklebush

White-spined fruits have classic pickle look, deep green with paler stripes.

Cucumber, Sweet Success Hybrid

By far the sweetest flavor you'll find in any burpless cucumber.

Cucumber, Lemon

HEIRLOOM. Lemon yellow cucumbers are tender and sweet, excellent for salads and pickling.

Cucumber, Straight Eight

A cucumber superstar, this classic has excellent flavor and is widely adapted.

Cucumber, Burpless Beauty

Stays crisp longer than any cucumber we've tried.
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Beets

Beets are a favorite direct sow idea for second season harvests all fall. They enjoy the cooler weather as they mature and become very sweet late in the season.

Beet, Detroit Dark Red Med Top

Unbeatable beets: dark red, extremely sweet flesh.

Beet, Burpee's Golden

Sweeter, milder flavor, with inviting gold color.

Beet, Chioggia

HEIRLOOM. The most beautiful of all beets and very sweet flavored.

Beet, Detroit Dark Red Organic

Dark red, extremely sweet flesh. Certified Organic.

Beet, Chicago Red Hybrid

The deliciously sweet roots are slightly elongated and smooth.

Beet, Bull's Blood

HEIRLOOM. Wonderful and amazing looking dual purpose beet.
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Peas

Burpee's pea seeds grow perfectly in any home garden. Shop snap, snow, and sweet shelling peas at Burpee Seeds.

Pea, Easy Peasy

A taste winner in our trials. Self-supporting plants.

Pea, Peas-in-a-Pot

Compact variety that grows well in containers and pots.

Pea, Super Sugar Snap

This incredible pea is even better than the famous Sugar Snap.

Pea, Sugar Snap

All-America Winner. The original snap pea.

Pea, Super Snappy

The largest (sugar-podded) pea. The pods are as tasty as the peas inside.

Pea, Mammoth Melting Sugar

HEIRLOOM. This is by far the largest and finest of the sugar or edible-podded peas.
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All Direct Sow Seeds

Browse all of Burpee's direct sow seeds including beets, cucumbers, squash radish and more.

Horseradish, Maliner Kren

Excellent variety for making your own ground horseradish.

Rhubarb, Victoria

Prolific green stalks with a red blush.

Onion, Burpee's Sweet Onion Plants

Giant Red Hamburger, Sweet & Early and Snow White

Beet, Detroit Dark Red Med Top

Unbeatable beets: dark red, extremely sweet flesh.

Collards, Georgia

A southern favorite that is high in calcium.

Onion, (Scallion) Evergreen Long White Bunching

Long, slender, tasty stalks in clusters with spring green ends.

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How To Plant & Grow Lettuce

Learn how to plant and grow lettuce from Burpee's expert horticulturist.
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