It’s gardening time in Tennessee! If you’re trying to decide which beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables to plant or which flowers do best in your area, take a look at the recommendations available in the UT Extension publication Tennessee Home Garden Variety Trials 2024 Results. Last year University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture researchers and Extension specialists worked with gardeners across Tennessee to test cultivars and varieties in their home gardens. In 2024, 182 participants representing 53 Tennessee counties planted 854 trials of bush and pole beans, cucumbers, okra, tomatoes, zucchini, squash and beets. Trials also included herbs, flowers and some fruits.
