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Square Foot Garden Plant Spacing Chart Posted on 7 Mar 11:33 , 8 comments

We hope you enjoyed our first article Plant Spacing Chart for Veggies.  As promised, this is the follow up with plant spacing info for square foot gardening.

Square foot gardening allows you to plant much closer.   In order to make growing a garden easier, we have put together a plant spacing chart to help you. 

 

Plant Variety Plants per Square
Arugula 4
Basil 4
Bean-Bush 1-4
Bean-Pole 1-4
Beets 9
Broccoli
1 (18" spacing is best)
Brussels Sprouts 1
Cabbage 1
Chinese Cabbage 9
Carrots 16
Cauliflower 1 (18" spacing is best)
Corn 4
Cucumber 2
Eggplant 1
Greens-baby harvest 16
Greens-mature harvest 4-8

Kale

1
Kohlrabi 4
Leeks 4-8
Lettuce-heading 1-4
Lettuce-loose leaf 4
Okra 1
Onion 4
Parsnips 16
Peas 1
Peppers 1
Pigeon Peas 1
Pumpkin 1
Radicchio 2-4
Radish 16
Rhubarb 1
Rutabaga 4
Shallots 4
Spinach 9
Squash-summer 1
Squash-winter 1
Sweet Potato 1
Swiss Chard 4
Tomatillo 1
Tomatoes 1
Turnips 9
HERBS:
BASIL 4
CALENDULA 1-4
CHIVES 9
CILANTRO 9
DILL 1
FENNEL 4
OREGANO 1
PARSLEY 1
ROSEMARY 1
SAGE 1
TARRAGON 1
THYME 4
FRUIT
Garden Huckleberry 1
Melon 1 (18"-24" spacing is best)
Watermelon 1 (18"-24" spacing is best)

 

Proper plant spacing can help reduce plant disease and maintain healthy plant.

Using this chart, it's easy enough to interplant Companion Plants in your garden. If you're wondering what to plant and when to plant in your area, check out our 2018 Planting Guide for the US. We added a few new regions this year.

For additional planting info we have an entire page GROWING TIPS & VIDEOS to help you grow a healthy, successful garden


I hope you have enjoyed another educational article. If you have additional questions, please leave a comment below or send an email to mary@marysheirloomseeds.com


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