Vegetable Planting Calendar

Planning and planting guides

Table 1. Planning and planting guides.

	Approximate amount to plant (feet of row per person)		Seed required for 100 feet of row		Distance between rows (inches)		Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Vegetable	Fresh use	Processing	Ounces (oz)	Grams (g)	Hand-cultivated	Field implement	Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Cool–season vegetables
Beet	5–10	10–20	2	56	18	42	3	0.5	55–65
Broccoli	5–10 plants	5–10 plants	0.5	14*	30	42	24		70–80
Cabbage	3–5 plants	3–5 plants	0.25	7*	24	42	12		70–80
Carrot	5–10	10–15	0.25	7	18	42	3	0.25	70–85
Cauliflower	3–5 plants	5–10 plants	0.25	7*	24	42	24		65–75
Chinese cabbage	5–10		0.5	14	24	42	6	0.25	75–80
Collards	5–10		0.5	14	24	42	12	0.25	85–95
Endive	3–5		0.5	14	18	42	6	0.25	80–90
Kale	5–10	10–15	0.5	14	24	42	8	0.25	50–65
Kohlrabi	3–5		0.25	7	24	42	4	0.25	55–65
Lettuce, head	5–10		0.25	7*	18	42	6	0.25	55–80
Lettuce, other	5–10		0.25	7	18	42	3	0.25	35–50
Mustard greens	5–10	10–15	0.5	14	18	42	3	0.25	30–40
Onion, dry	25–50		sets or plants		18	42	3	1 (sets)	100–120
Onion, green	10–15		sets or plants		18	42	3	2 (sets)	25–35
Parsnip	10–15		0.5	14	24	42	3	0.5	150
Pea	10–15	25–30	16	454	24	42	2	1	65–75
Potato, Irish	50–100		tubers		30	42	12	4	100–120
Radish	5–10		1	25	18	42	1	0.25	25–35
Salsify	10–15		1	28	24	42	3	0.25	150
Spinach	5–10	10–15	1	28	18	42	3	0.25	40–50
Swiss chard	5–10	10–15	2	56	18	42	3	0.5	55–65
Turnip, roots	10–15		0.5	14	18	42	6	0.25	50–60
Turnip, greens	5–10	10–15	0.5	14	18	42	3	0.25	35–45

	Approximate amount to plant (feet of row per person)		Seed required for 100 feet of row		Distance between rows (inches)		Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Vegetable	Fresh use	Processing	Ounces (oz)	Grams (g)	Hand-cultivated	Field implement	Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Warm–season vegetables
Bean, lima (bush)	10–15	10–15	16	454	24	42	3	1	70–80
Bean, lima (pole)	3–5 hills	3–5 hills	8	227	30	42	36	1	85–95
Bean, snap (bush)	10–15	20–30	16	454	24	42	3	1	50–60
Bean, snap (pole)	3–5 hills	3–5 hills	8	227	30	42	36	1	60–70
Bean, wax	10–15	10–20	16	454	24	42	3	1	50–60
Cantaloupe	3–5 hills	3–5 hills	0.25	7	48	60	60	0.5	80–90
Cowpea	10–15	15–25	8	227	24	42	3	1	75–85
Cucumber	2–3 hills	3–5 hills	0.25	7	36	48	48	0.5	65–70
Eggplant	2–3 plants	2–3 plants	0.5	14*	24	42	24		80–90
Okra	3–5	5–10	2	56	30	42	12	0.5	55–60
Peanut	10–25 plants		8	227	30	42	6	1	135
Pepper	2–3 plants		0.5	14*	30	42	18		70–80
Pumpkin	3–5		1	28	48	60	60	0.5	110
Squash, summer	2–3 hills		0.5	14	48	60	48	0.5	80–90
Squash, winter	3–5 hills		0.5	14	48	60	60	0.5	100
Sweet corn	15–25	30–50	4	113	36	42	10	0.5	70–85
Sweet potato	5–10 slips		slips		30	42	12		150
Tomato, ground	3–5 plants	5–10 plants	0.125	3.5*	48	60	36		70–80
Tomato, staked	3–5 plants	5–10 plants	0.125	3.5*	42	60	18		65–75

	Approximate amount to plant (feet of row per person)		Seed required for 100 feet of row		Distance between rows (inches)		Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Vegetable	Fresh use	Processing	Ounces (oz)	Grams (g)	Hand-cultivated	Field implement	Distance between plants in row (inches)	Seed planting depth (inches)	Days from planting to harvest
Perennial vegetables
Asparagus	10–15 crowns	10–15 crowns	1	28	48	48	18	0.5	3 years
Rhubarb	2–3 crowns	2–3 crowns			48	48	36	2	2 years