| Vegetable | Optimum germination temperatures | Days to germination |
| Asparagus | 70-75° | 14-21 |
| Bean, lima | 70 | 7-10 |
| Bean, snap | 70 | 6-10 |
| Beet | 50-85 | 10-14 |
| Broccoli | 70-75 | 10-14 |
| Brussels sprout | 70-75 | 10-14 |
| Cabbage | 70-75 | 10-14 |
| Carrot | 50-85 | 14-21 |
| Cauliflower | 70-75 | 8-10 |
| Cucumber | 70 | 7-10 |
| Eggplant | 70 | 10-15 |
| Lettuce | 65-70 | 7-10 |
| Melon | 75 | 5-7 |
| Onion | 70-75 | 10-14 |
| Parsley | 70-75 | 14-21 |
| Pea | 40-75 | 7-10 |
| Pepper | 75-80 | 10 |
| Radish | 45-85 | 4-6 |
| Spinach | 70 | 8-10 |
| Squash | 70-75 | 7-10 |
| Sweet corn | 70 | 5-7 |
| Tomato | 70-75 | 5-8 |
| Turnip | 60-85 | 7-10 |