Planting Guide
Planting Guide |
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| Vegetable | Seeds or Plants per 100 ft |
Depth of Planting (inches) |
Distance between Plants (inches) |
Average Crop Expected per 100 ft |
Average No. of Days to Harvest |
| Asparagus | 1 oz 65 plants |
1 6-8 |
18 | 30 lb | 2 years |
| Beans, snap bush | 1/2 lb | 1 | 3-6 | 60 lb | 50-55 |
| Beans, snap pole | 1/2 lb | 1 | 4-12 | 80 lb | 65 |
| Beans, lima bush | 1/2 lb | 1 | 3-6 | 47 lb in shell 18 lb shelled |
65 |
| Beans, lima pole | 1/2 lb | 1 | 4-12 | 66 lb in shell 25 lb shelled |
80 |
| Beets | 1 oz | 1/2 | 2 | 75 lb | 65 |
| Broccoli | 1/4 oz 50-65 plants |
1/4-1/2 | 18-24 18-24 |
50 lb 50 lb |
80-115 75 |
| Cabbage | 1/8 oz 65-100 plants |
1/4-1/2 | 12-18 12-18 |
150 lb 150 lb |
100 80 |
| Cabbage, Chinese | 1/8 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 12 | 100 lb | 80 |
| Carrots | 1/8 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 2 | 100 lb | 75 |
| Cauliflower | 1/8 oz 50-65 plants |
1/4-1/2 | 18-24 18-24 |
80 lb 80 lb |
80-115 65 |
| Chard, Swiss | 1 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 6 | 75 lb | 50 |
| Collards and Kale | 1/4 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 8-16 | 150 lb | 55 |
| Corn, sweet | 3-4 oz | 1-2 | 12 | 10 doz | 80 |
| Cucumbers | 1/2 oz | 1 | 12-18 | 100 lb | 55 |
| Eggplant | 50 plants | 24 | 150 lb | 85 | |
| Kohlrabi | 1/8 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 3-4 | 75 lb | 55 |
| Lettuce, head | 1/4 oz 75-100 plants |
1/4 | 12 12-14 |
75 head 75 head |
80-115 80 |
| Lettuce, leaf | 1/4 oz | 1/4 | 8-12 | 50 lb | 50 |
| Muskmelons | 1/4 oz | 1 | 36-48 | 100 fruit | 90 |
| Mustard | 1/4 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 2 | 100 lb | 45 |
| Okra | 1 oz | 1 | 12-18 | 90 lb | 65 |
| Onions, green | 600 sets or plants | 2 | 100 bunches | 35 | |
| Onions, bulb | 220 sets or plants | 6 | 100 lb | 110 | |
| Parsley | 1/8 oz | 1/4 | 4-6 | 30 lb | 90 |
| Peanuts | 1/2 lb | 1-2 | 3-4 | 45 lb green 15 lb dry |
110 |
| Peas, English | 1 lb | 1-2 | 2 | 30 lb in shell | 65 |
| Peas, southern | 1/2 lb | 1 | 4-6 | 40 lb in hull | 65 |
| Peppers, bell | 50 plants | 24 | 150 lb | 75 | |
| Potatoes, Irish | 10 lb | 4 | 12 | 150 lb | 100 |
| Potatoes, sweet | 75-100 | 12 | 100 lb | 120 | |
| Pumpkins | 1/2 oz | 1-2 | 48 | 300 lb | 90-110 |
| Radishes | 1 oz | 1/2 | 1 | 40 lb | 28 |
| Rutabagas | 1/2 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 12 | 90 lb | 90 |
| Spinach | 1/2 oz | 1/2 | 4 | 70 lb | 45 |
| Squash, summer | 1/2 oz | 1 | 36 | 150 lb | 55 |
| Squash, winter | 1/2 oz | 1 | 48 | 100 lb | 90 |
| Tomatoes | 35-65 plants | 18-36 | 125 lb | 70 | |
| Turnips, greens | 1/4 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 2-3 | 50-100 lb | 50 |
| Turnips, roots | 1/4 oz | 1/4-1/2 | 2-3 | 50-100 LB | 60 |
| Watermelons | 1/2 oz | 1 1/2 | 48-72 | 60 fruit | 85 |
Publications
Publication Number: P3744
Publication Number: P2705
Publication Number: P2857
Publication Number: M2064
Publication Number: P2884
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