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Plant spacing guides

Spacing table

Based on the book "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew, plus our own experience at the Journey to Forever organic garden.

X	One plant in a square (one foot space between plants) cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, pepper, eggplant, okra, tomato
X X X X	Four plants in a square (six inch space between the plants) lettuce (crisphead, butterhead, loose leaf), Swiss chard (silver beet), bush beans, kai laan tsoi, baak choi, choi sum, komatsuna, Indian mustard
X X X X X X X X X	Nine plants in a square (four inch space between the plants) lettuce (cos, mini), beet root, radish, spinach, een choi (leaf amaranth), garlic,
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X	16 plants in a square (three inch space between the plants) radish, carrot, spring onion, celery,
- - - - X X X X X X X X - - - -	Special: climbing beans, peas

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