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Vegetables
Producing vegetables:
There are a number of things you should consider if you are producing vegetables in Queensland:
- Successful horticultural enterprises
- The production environment
- Matching crop requirements with the production environment
- Sensible use of irrigation resources during drought periods
- Temperature requirements and limitations
- Horticulture and climate
Main crops
The following crops are major contributors to the Queensland economy. In many cases, QPIF is heavily involved with industry by supporting research and industry development, and by protecting these industries from pest and disease threats.
- Asian vegetables
- Brassica (including broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprout, radish)
- Capsicum/chilli
- Cucurbit (including pumpkin, cucumber, choko, zucchini, gourd)
- Ginger
- Green bean
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Potato
- Sweetpotato
- Sweet corn
- Tomato
Other crops
The following crops vary in size and industry maturity in Queensland. Currently, there is limited specific information on these crops available on our web site.

