Themed gardens are always fun, especially for kids (and kids at heart). Get in touch with your space nerd with these space-themed vegetables to grow in your garden!
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With the recent successful launch and re-entry of SpaceX Crew Dragon, the possibilities of human space flight are really beginning to open. NASA and other space agencies around the world are planning to boldly go where no one has gone before. Get into the spirit and celebrate the achievements of humankind in this next phase of space exploration by growing a space-themed garden!
Space Themed Vegetables
Astronauts on the International Space Station have been experimenting with growing vegetables on the Space Station for a number of years in Veggie, their Plant Production System, and an Advanced Plant Habitat. Seeds have been sent up into space as part of the Challenger mission and teachers and students are still able to receive space-exposed seeds to grow and collaborate as part of a science project.
They have even grown flowers in space with Astronaut Scott Kelly carefully nursing zinnias back to like on the International Space Station!
They might not have gone to space but here are 12 space-themed vegetables to grow in your space garden:
Astronomy Domine Corn
Ready in about 75 days, this corn is early to midseason variety, Astronomy Domine corn is a collaborative plant breeding effort for colorful, sweet and tender corn, This is an Open Source Seed Initiative or OSSI variety that you can develop into your own landrace or breed your own variety! The corn can be shades of yellow, flecked with pink, purple, or black kernels, red and white with colored ticking on kernels. Each time you husk the corn it’s a surprise to see what the corn will look like inside!
Get your seeds at Giving Ground Seeds or Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Can’t find this variety? Consider Glass Gem corn instead.
Cosmic Purple Carrots
Purple on the outside, orange on the inside, these carrots are sweet and juicy.
Get seeds at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Not able to get these seeds? Try Purple Dragon carrots instead.
Moon and Stars Watermelon
If you are looking for big watermelons in 95 days then the Moon and Stars watermelon is for you! The dark green fruits have a larger yellow spot and are flecked with yellow stars.
Grab seeds at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds or Seed Savers Exchange. Can’t find this variety? Try Early Moonbeam for another space-themed watermelon!
North Star Polaris Kale
A green frilly kale with white ribs and stems. This variety is great for growing over winter!
You can get seeds for North Star Polaris at Adaptive Seeds. Is the variety not available? Try Gulag Stars instead.
Black Nebula Carrots
Dark, dark purple-black in color and loaded with anthocyanins! These carrots are ready in about 75 days and keep their color even when cooked.
Get your seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Is the variety not available? Try Pusa Asita Black carrot instead.
Moonglow Tomato
Gorgeous orange tomatoes that are ready in about 80 days. These tomatoes keep really well off the vine.
Get seeds at Seed Savers Exchange. Can’t get the seeds? Try Orange Strawberry tomato instead.
Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato
A tomato named after Russian Astronaut Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov who unfortunately died on reentry in the Soyuz 11 mission returning to earth from the first-ever space station Salyut 1. This tomato is a Ukrainian heirloom named by Russian space engineer and gardener, Mikhailovich Maslov.
It’s a medium-sized red tomato that is ready in about 75 days. The Cosmonaut Volkov tomato is an indeterminate variety that is very productive, producing lots of fruits throughout the growing season.
Get your seeds at Delectation of Tomatoes or Giving Ground Seeds. Can’t find this variety? Try Homestead 24 tomato instead.
Jupiter Sweet Bell Pepper
High yielding, blocky red sweet bell peppers that are perfect for stuffing. Jupiter bell peppers are ready for harvest in about 75 days.
Grab your seeds at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Are no seeds available? Try King of the North instead (also great for Game of Thrones-themed gardens!)
Neptune Tomato
Unlike the cold planet, the Neptune tomato is a heat-tolerant slicing variety. Perfect for sandwiches, burgers, and salads
Get seeds at Giving Ground Seeds. Can’t get the seeds? Try Redfield Beauty.
Apollo Arugula (Rocket)
Who can forget the historic achievements of the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon? Arugula is known as Rocket in the UK. It’s slightly spicy leaves are great as a salad on its own or mixed in with lettuce. Apollo arugula is a Dutch heirloom known for being less bitter.
Buy the seeds at Seed Savers Exchange. No seeds available, try Roquette arugula instead.
Haley’s Purple Comet Tomato
Small reddish-brown tomatoes with green striping ready for harvest in about 80 days, These small fruits are bold and sweet in flavor so don’t wait 75 years to grow them!
Grab your seeds at Delectation of Tomatoes. Can’t find this variety? Try Purple Bumble Bee cherry tomatoes!
Aurora Hot Pepper
Tall plants produce lots of 1-2 inch fruits with a medium-hot heat. Aurora peppers are so colorful that this hot pepper could be planted alongside flowers!
Get Seeds at Seed Savers Exchange. Can’t find this variety? Consider Chinese 5-Color peppers instead.
Space Themed Flowers and Plants
Now a garden wouldn’t be complete without flowers! Add to your space garden with these beautiful flowers and plants:
- Sunflower Titan
- Moonflowers
- Cosmos
- Rocket Plant
- Starfire Signat Marigold
- Hostas have some space varieties like Super Nova, Galaxy, Voyager, and Lunar Eclipse
- Daylily varieties Andromeda, Asteroid, Black Hole, and, Big Dipper are perfect for your space garden
- Coleus Solar Flare or Saturn’s Rings
- Zinnia Magellan and Meteor
What will you grow in your space garden?
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