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5 vegetables that love full sun – these crops produce their best harvests in the sunshine, and you can plant them now

Marigolds and tomato plants with ripening tomatoes in planter at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.

If your garden, courtyard or balcony catches a lot of sunlight, you’re in luck – there are plenty of vegetables that love full sun.

Even though some vegetables grow well in shade, many others require full sun (at least six hours of sunlight every day) to produce their best harvests. Fruiting crops are especially productive in these light levels, but a few other traditional veg crops prefer full sun, too.

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