The Best Garden Seeds for Hawaii

Carrots

• Grow carrots in Hawaii when the temperature in your part of the islands is between 60 and 70 degrees for a carrot that is darker in color and milder in taste. Higher elevations are more likely to produce this product taste difference than the lowlands in Hawaii. Grow your carrots during warmer temperature periods if you prefer a stronger tasting carrot with a lighter color.

  Choose disease-resistant seeds, preferably of the Nantes strain variety, according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences. Harvest your carrots after four months, as leaving them in the ground longer will produce a tougher carrot.

Cucumbers

• Cucumber seeds are a good seed to plant in Hawaii, as this is also a warm weather crop seed. Choose disease-resistant seeds and plant when the temperature is 70 degrees or higher for the shortest growing time. You can still grow cucumbers if the temperature is as low as 60 degrees Fahrenheit -- or as high as 90 degrees, but it will take your cucumber seeds longer to produce a crop.

  Choose Patio Pik cucumber seeds in Hawaii if you plan to grow cucumbers in a small garden plot or to use pots. Choose hybrid cucumber seeds such as Burpee or Challenger (or Lehua, Gemina-7 and Triumph) everywhere else in Hawaii in larger vegetable gardens. Your cucumber crop will begin to ripen for harvest between 50 to 60 days. Remove all ripe cucumbers immediately to ensure plants stay healthy and producing at optimum levels of output, according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Beans

• Bush and pole beans are garden seeds that can be grown in Hawaii that do well in its warmer climate. Best garden seed pole bean varieties for Hawaii, which are also disease-resistant, include EHawaiian Wonder, EPoamoho and EManoa Wonder, according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

  Plant EHawaiian Wonder pole bean garden seeds if fungal rust disease is a problem for your particular part of the Hawaiian islands; Plant EManoa Wonder pole bean seeds if root-knot nematode has been a past issue in your garden. If you prefer pole beans without strings, choose EPoamoho variety garden seeds.