More on gardening

Continuing with my topic from yesterday where I gave the number of plants in a 100 foot row and how many plants are suggested to be grown per person, I’m showing the difference in growing in rows compared to intensive gardening in pots or square feet in a garden bed.  Now just because I show how many plants you can put into one square foot doesn’t mean that you can plant a 4x8 planter bed with 32 different square foot items.  While the bottom of the planting may only take up a square foot, the top may spread to two or three feet or more.  On the other hand, if you mix your plants up and plant short plants next to tall plants (plants that need shading next to plants that provide shade) you can come close to planting in extremely tight spacing.

This year, my huge garden is being replaced by 10 garden boxes.  I’m sure that I’ll add more next year, but for now, I’m going to see how much space I can save by not planting in the normal 100’ row with a three foot spacing between rows. 

Vegetable	Spacing in rows in inches	Number per square foot
Asparagus	12	1-2
Beans, snap bush	3-4	6-9
Beans, snap pole	4-6	9-12
Beans, lima bush	3-4	6-9
Beets	2	25
Broccoli	12-24	3
Brussels sprouts	12-24	2
Cabbage	12-24	2
Carrots	2	50
Cantaloupe	12	1
Cauliflower	12-24	2
Celery	6	4-6
Chard, swiss	6	9
Collards and kale	6-12	4-6
Corn, sweet	12	2-4
Cucumbers	12	1-2
Eggplant	12-24	1
Garlic	2-4	36
Lettuce, leaf	2-3	6-9
Mustard	6-12	9
Okra	12-24	1-2
Onions	3-4	16
Parsley	6-8	16
Parsnips	3-4	25
Peas	6-12	25
Peppers	12-24	4
Potatoes	10-15	1
Soybeans	3-4	10-12
Spinach	3-4	4-9
Squash, summer	18-36	1
Squash, winter	24-48	1
Tomatoes	18-36	1
Turnip greens	2-3	20
Turnip roots	2-3	20
Watermelon	36-72	1