Plant Spacing
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Emily
| Plant |
# Per Square |
Plant | # of Squares | ||
| Asparagus |
1 |
Cantaloupe |
2 |
||
| Basil |
4 |
Pumpkins |
2 |
||
| Beans |
8 |
Summer squash |
9 |
||
| Beets |
9 |
Bush Tomatoes |
9 |
||
| Cabbage |
1 |
Watermelon |
2 |
||
| Carrots |
16 |
Zucchini |
9 |
||
| Cauliflower |
1 |
||||
| Cilantro |
4 |
||||
| Corn |
4 |
||||
| Cucumbers |
2 |
||||
| Dill |
4 |
||||
| Eggplant |
1 |
||||
| Lettuce |
4 |
||||
| Okra |
1 |
||||
| Onions |
9-16 |
||||
| Oregano |
1 |
||||
| Parsley |
1 |
||||
| Peas |
8 |
||||
| Peppers |
1 |
||||
| Potatoes |
4 |
||||
| Radishes |
16 |
||||
| Rosemary |
1 |
||||
| Spinach |
9 |
||||
| Swiss Chard |
4 |
||||
| Vine Tomatoes |
1 |
To calculate how many plants per square, look on the back of the seed packet–totally ignore the row spacing, just look at the plant spacing:
- 3″ apart (or less), plant 16 per square
- 4″ apart, plant 9 per square
- 6″ apart, plant 4 per square
- 12″ apart, plant 1 per square
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