VEGETABLE GARDEN:
VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDE AND RECOMMENDED PLANTING DATES
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Manual Reference
Ch.10, pp. 30 - 32 |
[Planting Guide: guide
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regions 4 - 6 ]
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When planning out your vegetable garden it is good to
sit down and determine how large an area you want to devote to the
garden and what vegetables you and your family like to eat. Tables
10.9 and 10.10 will help you determine how much produce you can
expect to receive and how much space it will take.
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When to plant vegetables in the Arizona garden
Vegetables differ in their climatic requirements therefore making
it necessary to know when to plant them in order to have a
successful garden. |
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Some vegetables will withstand cool and even slight
freezing weather. Others need warmer conditions to germinate and
to produce. Generally vegetables are placed in two categories :
cool-season crops and warm-season crops. |
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Cool-season vegetables include beet, broccoli,
cabbage, carrot, lettuce, onion, pea, potato, radish, spinach and
turnip. Because they are hardy or frost tolerant and germinate in
cold soil they can be planted in winter or early spring depending
on location. For best quality these crops need to mature during
cooler periods rather than in the heat of the summer. |
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In Southern Arizona cool-season vegetables can also be
planted in late summer when the crop will grow into the cooler
fall months. |
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Warm-season vegetables include beans, cucumber,
eggplant, melons, pepper, pumpkin, squash, sweet corn, sweet
potato and tomato. These do not tolerate frost but need warm
temperatures to set and properly mature fruit. However,
temperatures too high reduce quality; ex.- sunburn fruit, poor
colored tomatoes and poor ear fill in sweet corn. |
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Elevation is indicative of climate. In Arizona we
garden from almost sea level to over 7,000 feet. |
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Two problem periods exist - the hot summer at the lower
elevations and the cold winter at the higher elevations. |
Table 10.9
VEGETABLE YIELDS
APPROXIMATE PLANTING PER PERSON
Vegetables |
Average
Crop Expected
Per 100 Feet |
Fresh |
Storage
Canning or
Freezing |
Asparagus |
30 lb. |
10 - 15 plants |
10 - 15 plants |
Beans, Snap Bush |
120 lb. |
15 - 16 plants |
15 - 20 feet |
Beans, Snap Pole |
150 lb. |
5 - 6 feet |
8 - 10 feet |
Beans, Lima Bush |
25 lb. shelled |
10 - 15 feet |
15 - 20 feet |
Beans, Lima Pole |
50 lb. shelled |
5 - 6 feet |
8 - 10 feet |
Beets |
150 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
10 - 20 feet |
Broccoli |
100 lb. |
3 - 5 plants |
5 - 6 plants |
Brussels Sprouts |
75 lb. |
2 - 5 plants |
5 - 8 plants |
Cabbage |
150 lb. |
3 - 4 plants |
5 - 10 plants |
Cabbage, Chinese |
80 heads |
3 - 10 feet |
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Carrots |
100 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
10 - 15 feet |
Cauliflower |
100 lb. |
3 - 5 plants |
8 - 12 plants |
Celeriac |
60 lb. |
5 feet |
5 feet |
Celery |
180 stalks |
10 stalks |
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Chard, Swiss |
75 lb. |
3 - 5 plants |
8 - 12 plants |
Collards & Kale |
100 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
5 - 10 feet |
Corn, Sweet |
10 dozen |
10 - 15 feet |
30 - 50 feet |
Cucumbers |
120 lb. |
1 - 2 hills |
3 - 5 hills |
Eggplant |
100 lb. |
2 - 3 plants |
2 - 3 plants |
Garlic |
40 lb. |
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1 - 5 feet |
Kohlrabi |
75 lb. |
3 - 5 feet |
5 - 10 feet |
Lettuce, Head |
100 heads |
10 feet |
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Lettuce, Leaf |
50 lb. |
10 feet |
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Muskmelon |
100 fruits |
3 - 5 hills |
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Mustard |
100 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
10 - 15 feet |
Okra |
100 lb. |
4 - 6 feet |
6 - 10 feet |
Onions (plants/sets) |
100 lb. |
3 - 5 feet |
30 - 50 feet |
Onions (seed) |
100 lb. |
3 - 5 feet |
30 - 50 feet |
Parsley |
30 lb. |
1 - 3 feet |
1 - 3 feet |
Parsnips |
100 lb. |
10 feet |
10 feet |
Peas, English |
20 lb. |
15 - 20 feet |
40 - 60 feet |
Peas, Southern |
40 lb. |
10 - 15 feet |
20 - 50 feet |
Peppers |
60 lb. |
3 - 5 plants |
3 - 5 plants |
Potatoes, Irish |
100 lb. |
50 - 100 feet |
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Potatoes, Sweet |
100 lb. |
5 - 10 plants |
10 - 20 plants |
Pumpkins |
100 lb. |
1 - 2 hills |
1 - 2 hills |
Radishes |
100 bunches |
3 - 5 feet |
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Soybeans |
20 lb. |
50 feet |
50 feet |
Spinach |
40 - 50 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
10 - 15 feet |
Squash, Summer |
150 lb. |
2 - 3 hills |
2 - 3 hills |
Squash, Winter |
100 lb. |
1 - 3 hills |
1 - 3 hills |
Tomatoes |
100 lb. |
3 - 5 plants |
5 - 10 plants |
Turnip |
50 - 100 lb. |
5 - 10 feet |
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Watermelon |
40 fruits |
2-4 hills |
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Table 10.10
VEGETABLE PLANTING
Vegetables |
Plants or Seed per 100
feet |
Spacing
(Inches) |
Number Days Ready for Use |
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Rows |
Plants |
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Asparagus |
66 Plants or 1 oz. |
36-48 |
18 |
(2 YEARS) |
Beans, snap bush |
1/2 lb. |
24-36 |
3-4 |
45-60 |
Beans, snap pole |
1/2 lb. |
36-48 |
4-6 |
60-70 |
Beans, Lima bush |
1/2 lb. |
30-36 |
3-4 |
65-80 |
Beans, Lima pole |
1/4 lb. |
36-48 |
12-18 |
75-85 |
Beets |
1 oz. |
15-24 |
2 |
50-60 |
Broccoli |
*40-50 pl. or 1/4 oz. |
24-36 |
14-24 |
60-80 |
Brussels sprouts |
*50-60 pl. or 1/4 oz. |
24-36 |
14-24 |
90-100 |
Cabbage |
*50-60 pl. or 1/4 oz. |
24-36 |
14-24 |
60-90 |
Cabbage, Chinese |
*60-70 pl. or 1/4 oz. |
18-30 |
8-12 |
65-70 |
Carrots |
1/2 oz. |
15-24 |
2 |
70-80 |
Cauliflower |
*50-60 pl. or 1/4 oz. |
24-36 |
14-24 |
70-90 |
Celeriac |
200 pl. |
18-24 |
4-8 |
120 |
Celery |
200 pl. |
30-36 |
6-8 |
125 |
Chard Swiss |
2 oz. |
18-30 |
6 |
45-55 |
Collard and Kale |
1/4 oz. |
18-36 |
8-16 |
50-80 |
Corn, sweet |
3-4 oz. |
12-18 |
70-90 |
70-90 |
Cucumbers |
1/2 oz. |
48-72 |
24-48 |
50-70 |
Eggplant |
1/8 oz. |
24-36 |
18-24 |
80-90 |
Garlic (cloves) |
1 lb. |
15-24 |
2-4 |
140-150 |
Kohlrabi |
1/2 oz. |
15-24 |
4-6 |
55-75 |
Lettuce, head |
1/4 oz. |
18-24 |
6-10 |
70-120 |
Muskmelon (cantaloupe) |
*50 pl. or 1/2 oz. |
60-96 |
24-36 |
85-100 |
Mustard |
1/4 oz. |
15-24 |
6-12 |
30-40 |
Okra |
2 oz. |
36-24 |
12-24 |
55-65 |
Onions |
400-600 plants/ sets |
15-24 |
3-4 |
80-120 |
Parsley |
1/4 oz. |
15-24 |
6-8 |
70-90 |
Parsnips |
1/2 oz. |
18-30 |
3-4 |
120-170 |
Peas English |
1 lb. |
18-36 |
1 |
55-90 |
Peas, Southern |
1/2 lb. |
24-36 |
4-6 |
60-70 |
Peppers |
1/8 oz. |
24-36 |
18-24 |
60-90 |
Potatoes, Irish |
6-10 lb. seed tubers |
30-36 |
10-15 |
75-100 |
Potatoes, sweet |
75-100 pl. |
36-48 |
12-16 |
100-130 |
Pumpkins |
1/2 oz. |
60-96 |
36-48 |
75-100 |
Radishes |
1 oz. |
14-24 |
1 |
25-40 |
Salsify |
1/2 oz. |
15-18 |
3-4 |
150 |
Soybeans |
1 lb. |
24-30 |
2 |
120 |
Spinach |
1 oz. |
14-24 |
3-4 |
40-60 |
Squash, summer |
1 oz. |
36-60 |
18-36 |
50-60 |
Squash, winter |
1/2 oz. |
60-96 |
24-84 |
85-100 |
Tomatoes |
50 pl. or 1/8 oz. |
24-48 |
18-36 |
70-90 |
Turnip greens |
1/2 oz. |
14-24 |
2-3 |
30 |
Watermelon |
1 oz. |
72-96 |
36-72 |
80-120 |
*transplants |
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