Every variety we carry, with days to harvest, germination, spacing, height, soil pH and zones — in metres and feet. Free to download, cite and reuse.
891 varieties across 14 crops. Every distance appears twice: once in metres, and again in feet (inches below three feet), so the file is usable whichever system you garden in.
name, crop, latin, seed_type
(heirloom / hybrid / open-pollinated), days_to_harvest,
days_to_germinate, spacing_m, spacing_ft,
height_m, height_ft, soil_ph, size,
difficulty, usda_zone_min, usda_zone_max,
sun, water, url. The *_source
columns keep the original published wording wherever a figure could not be converted
to a number.
| Crop | Varieties | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Lettuce | 110 | Compare |
| Herbs | 104 | Compare |
| Tomatoes | 91 | Compare |
| Beans | 84 | Compare |
| Brassicas | 79 | Compare |
| Peppers | 73 | Compare |
| Squash | 60 | Compare |
| Microgreens | 57 | Compare |
| Root Vegetables | 56 | Compare |
| Alliums | 44 | Compare |
| Melons | 38 | Compare |
| Peas | 35 | Compare |
| Cucumbers | 31 | Compare |
| Eggplants | 29 | Compare |
Pollen travels further than most gardens are wide. Both units are given because the metric figure is what seed-saving references use, and the imperial one is what a plot actually gets measured in.
| Crop | Isolation (m) | Isolation (ft) | Seed life |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lettuce | 3–6 m | 9.8–20 ft | 3–4 years |
| Herbs | 150–800 m | 492–2,625 ft | 2–5 years |
| Tomatoes | 3–10 m | 9.8–33 ft | 4–6 years |
| Beans | 3–5 m | 9.8–16 ft | 4–6 years |
| Brassicas | 800 m–1.6 km | 2,625–5,249 ft | 4–5 years |
| Peppers | 30–60 m | 98–197 ft | 3–4 years |
| Squash | 500 m–1 km | 1,640–3,281 ft | 4–6 years |
| Microgreens | — | — | Use fresh |
| Root Vegetables | 500 m–1 km | 1,640–3,281 ft | 3–4 years |
| Alliums | 800 m–1.6 km | 2,625–5,249 ft | 1–2 years |
| Melons | 500 m–1 km | 1,640–3,281 ft | 5–8 years |
| Peas | 3–5 m | 9.8–16 ft | 4–6 years |
| Cucumbers | 500 m–1 km | 1,640–3,281 ft | 5–10 years |
| Eggplants | 30–50 m | 98–164 ft | 4–6 years |
Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Use it, republish it, build on it, sell what you build. The only condition is credit: “Seed variety data from DarkGrow Seed Bank (seedbank.dirvenbank.com), CC BY 4.0.”
Germination and spacing figures are typical values published for the variety, not certificates for a specific seed lot. Heights and spacings marked “up to” describe a ceiling rather than a range from zero.