Follow-up to ? in tomato section- re: shady vegetables

[wingdesigner]

No, not vegetables whose morals (or morels) are in question. Rather, what success has anyone had around zones 4-7 (USDA) growing what kinds of veggies in light shade some or most of the day?

So far:
Thumbelina carrots
leaf lettuces
radishes
cherry tomatoes


Might there be varieties of 'maters, peppers, peas or beans; heck, even melons? If so, which ones? You'll see my premise for this under the tomatoes section, "Verification, please" thread. I don't feel like repeating it here.

[Charlie MV]

Thank goodness Wing. I was afraid you were looking for some sort of tomato bailout.

[rainbowgardener]

most any of the cool weather crops will tolerate some shade and benefit from it when the weather gets hot: spinach, swiss chard, onions, broccoli, cabbage... I don't know about the stuff like tomatoes and beans etc. I have planted tomatoes in partly shady areas, just because I don't have a whole lot of sunny ground. They did produce, but they were definitely smaller plants and less productive than the ones in full sun. In Michigan, it's even a little less likely to work for you (now in Arizona.... )

[wingdesigner]

Ooops, I forgot--I edge my beds with rainbow chard, it works pretty well with afternoon shade, but does tend to bolt in mid-late summer if I don't stay on it every day or two.

Very funny, Charlie Especially since I thought I was going to have to bail out my basement...