Topic: plant spacing

[timf]

hope this is useful for some one


plant         plant spacing      row spacing
artichoke, globe      30in      3ft
artichoke, jerusalem      12in      12in
articoke, chinese      6-12in      18in
asparagus         6in      12in
aubergine         24-30in      30-36in
beetroot, early         4in      9in
broadbeans         9in      18in
beetroot, maincrop      3in      12in
broccoli, sproutin      24in      24in
brussels sprouts      24in      18in
cabbage spring         10in      12in
cabbage summer         15in      15in
cabbage autumn & winter      18in      18in
cabbage red         12in      18in
calabrese         12in      18in
cardoon            15in      18in
carrots early         3in      6in
carrots maincrop      1 1/2in      6in
cauliflower summer      18in      24in
cauliflower autumn      24in      24in
cauliflower winter      28in      28in
celeriac         12in      18in
celery            12-18in      12in
celtuce            4in      12in
chicory            12in      12in
chilli            15-18in      24-30in
chinese broccoli      12in      12in
courgette         3ft      3ft
cucumber         24in      12in
endive            9in      12in
florence fennel         12in      12in
french bean dwarf      2-3in      18-24in
garlic            7in      12in
kale            12-18in      18in
kohlrabi         9in      12in
komatsuna         1in      18in
leek            6-8in      12-15in
lettuce            14in      15in
marrow            3ft      3ft
okra            16-24in      24-30in
onions  bulb         2-4in      12in
onions  bunching      3in      12in
onions  globe         2-4in      12in
onions  pickling      1/4 in      12in
onions  spring         1/2 in      12in
pak choi         4in      18in
parsnip            6in      12in
peas            3in      12-24in
peppers            15-18in      24-30in
potato early         12-15in      15-20in
potato second early      14-18in      25-30in
potato maincrop         14-18in      25-30in
pumpkin            3ft      3ft
radish            1/2 in      6in
rhubarb            9in      12in
rocket            6in      6in
runner beans         8in      24in
salsify            4in      6-12in
scorzonera         4in      6-12in
seakale            15in      15in
shallot            6-8in      12in
squash            3ft      3ft
spinach            6in      12in
strawberry         12in      12in
swede            9in      15in
sweetcorn         14-18in      18-24in
swiss chard         8in      18in
sweet potato         10-12in      30in
tomatillo                  18in      3ft
tomato            1-3ft      3ft
turnip            6in      12in

[Lauren S]

Oh this is very useful. Thanks for posting

Lauren  :)

[Barnowl]

Aren't the row spacings a bit generous for raised beds?

[1066]

thanks tim
I also think some of the spacings are a bit on the generous side, but no doubt it depends on varieties, types of beds etc but it does give me a general idea as to how much space will be needed and could therefore help me plan my plot better  ;D

[thegreatgardener]

you guys are very funny the reason for the row space has to do with need for farmer to weed,turn plow, and other reason.
For the small scale grower you should use either the square foot spacing or offset spacing aka biodynamic spacing.

I will post chart common small scale gardener spacing.

[Kea]

Please do TGG, looking forward to seeing it sounds useful.

I saw cabbages planted on TV and they seemed much closer than suggested on the packet. It would be nice to know how close you can get them and still get a decent crop.

[nilly71]

Thanks Tim
The french beens sound a bit close "french bean dwarf      2-3in      18-24in"

I have not taken much notice of distances needed as i was resricted for space so all my brussels, greens, savoy, premo, white/puple sb, cailiflower and curly kale are in rows stagared, so it is roughly 12" all round between plants.
They look like they are doing really well, but as this is my first time growing i will have to wait and see.

Neil

[elvis2003]

this is interesting,ive always felt the spacings on seed packets were too generous.with next year being our second,ill be putting stuff closer together

[Kea]

Are you still going to post that spacing chart TGG?

[thegreatgardener]

Yes but it will be next week before i finish it. I have other projects that I am working on.

[asbean]

Aren't the row spacings a bit generous for raised beds?

Don't need to plant in rows in raised beds, as the beds themselves form the rows.  Plant in blocks instead.

I think some of the distances are a bit over-generous, especially the sweetcorn and broad beans

[cornykev]

My sweetcorn were about 10 inches each way (blocked ) most of the other stuff is about right, but everyone will have their own ideas, what other projects are you working on TGG, anything we should know about.  ;D ;D ;D

[thegreatgardener]

cornykev nothing you should know about but several you might want to know about.

[OllieC]

cornykev nothing you should know about but several you might want to know about.

Go on then, give us a clue you little minx you!

[thegreatgardener]

sorry olliec you have to wait like everyone else.

[Amazin]

Still working on it TGG? You mean you haven't even got yourself a spacing plan yet? Thought you'd have done that years ago. You must be really new to this.

[cornykev]

I think he's wrapping up our pressies, most of you have been orrid so that must mean a bigger  :o one for me, I can't wait.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[thegreatgardener]

the chart I am going to post has to be converted to chart formatting.
Which has be done hand since the format of the spacing requirement  chart
for veg very different the the current format the chart is in.

As for my other projects there are two.
But since you asked and I am good mood.
I will tell you.
1. Is 70,000+ vegetable variety database
2. Is vegetable garden design software application.

[Amazin]

You mean you didn't get the formatting right first time? So the spacing chart you've been using up till now is no good? That's a bit of a disaster isn't it? You must be gutted.

[thegreatgardener]

amzin no the chart is  currently in another chart format  which is not viewable in this forum by cut and paste and I have not had time to convert to  to html chart.