• If you are planting in rows, record this information in inches. You may be able to find this information from many sources, but it can also be found in Table 4 in UK ID-128 Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky (Available at https://grayson.ca.uky.edu/files/id-128_home_vegetable_gardening_in_ky.pdf)
  • If you are using an intensive gardening practice, this can be recorded in plants per square foot.
  • Calculate the yield per plant for each crop using the following formula:
  • feet of row x 12 distance between plants OR (square feet)/((distance between plants) 2)
  • OR multiply the plants per square foot by the growing area in square feet
  • Multiply the number of plants needed by 1.2 to get the number of seeds needed. This will provide enough extra seed to account for some lack of germination and some seedling mortality. For plants grown from transplants that will be purchased, this last column can be left blank.

References:

Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky. ID-128. University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service

Markham, B.L. 2014. The MiniFarmingTM Bible: The Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre. SkyHorse Publishing. New York, New York. Partnership for Sustainable Communities. 2011. Urban Farm Business Plan Handbook. Available at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/1.urban_farm_business_plan_handbook_091511_508.pdf Stone, C. (2016). The urban farmer: Growing food for profit on leased and borrowed land. New Society Publishers. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada.

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