February 23, 2025
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What type of vine plants do you do like? What most plant you dislike?

Here’s a comprehensive list of all vine-producing food plants, including fruits, vegetables, and edible perennials that can grow in various climates, regardless of Kentucky’s weather (with greenhouse or indoor growing options). 🌿🍇🍓

🍓 Berry-Producing Vines

  1. Strawberries (Not a true vine but spreads like one)
    • Varieties: June-bearing, Everbearing, Day-neutral
  2. Blackberries (Trailing varieties)
  3. Raspberries (Some types have trailing vines)
  4. Boysenberries (Blackberry/Raspberry hybrid)
  5. Loganberries (Blackberry/Raspberry cross)
  6. Marionberries (Type of blackberry)
  7. Gooseberries (Can be trained to grow like vines)

🍇 Grapes (True Vining Fruit)

  1. Concord Grapes (Common for juice & jelly)
  2. Muscadine Grapes (Thrives in Southern climates)
  3. Thompson Seedless Grapes (Great for eating)
  4. Catawba Grapes (Pink grape, good for wine)
  5. Moon Drops Grapes (Unique long-shaped grape)

🥒 Vine Vegetables (Fast Growing)

  1. Cucumbers (Slicing, Pickling, Armenian)
  2. Zucchini (Can be trained to climb)
  3. Pumpkins (Jack O’Lantern, Sugar Pie, Giant)
  4. Butternut Squash (Sweet & nutty flavor)
  5. Acorn Squash (Small, winter squash)
  6. Spaghetti Squash (Great pasta alternative)
  7. Delicata Squash (Sweet & easy to cook)
  8. Kabocha Squash (Japanese pumpkin)

🍈 Melons & Exotic Fruits

  1. Watermelon (Seedless, Yellow, Icebox, Giant)
  2. Cantaloupe (Muskmelon varieties)
  3. Honeydew Melon (Green-fleshed sweet melon)
  4. Canary Melon (Bright yellow skin, white inside)
  5. Casaba Melon (Mildly sweet, drought-resistant)
  6. Charentais Melon (French variety, very fragrant)
  7. Kiwifruit (Hardy & Fuzzy Kiwi) (Needs trellis)
  8. Passionfruit (Tropical, but can be grown indoors)

🌿 Edible Climbing Plants & Unusual Vine Foods

  1. Hops (Used for brewing, herbal medicine)
  2. Chayote Squash (Mexican vine-grown squash)
  3. Loofah (Luffa) (Young ones are edible, also used as sponges)
  4. Gourds (Bottle, Snake, Dipper – edible when young)
  5. Malabar Spinach (Heat-tolerant vining green)
  6. Nasturtium (Edible flowers & leaves, spicy flavor)

🌱 Vine Beans & Peas (Protein-Rich)

  1. Pole Beans (Kentucky Wonder, Blue Lake, Rattlesnake)
  2. Yardlong Beans (Asian variety, grows 2-3 feet long)
  3. Scarlet Runner Beans (Edible beans & flowers)
  4. Hyacinth Beans (Ornamental & edible when cooked properly)
  5. Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) (Trellis support needed)
  6. Snow Peas (Edible pods, sweet & crisp)
  7. Sugar Snap Peas (Thicker & crunchier than snow peas)
  8. Black-Eyed Peas (Climbing varieties available)