Got the seedlings in the ground I was showing off this weekend in one of my posts. Ended up planting Broccoli, Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Kale, Romaine Lettuce, Lettuce Bibb, Spinach and Swiss Chard.
Planting in these beds was fairly simple. First I drew out a grid with my Hori Hori. I'm kind of using a square foot gardening method to plant these out.
With the Hori Hori being 13 in long I used it as my measurement when creating the grid.
The native soil in this field is quite Sandy. I dug down till getting to the native soil. Then threw a handful of potting soil in the hole. You could also use compost.
Next was putting the seedling in the hole with another handful of compost or potting soil.
I tried to space each plant about 1 foot away from each other. It's easier to add another plant if you have a gap then trying to thin plants out without killing them.
Didn't plant the same crop all together. Planting different types of crops together AKA companion planting is a good idea. For instance if a cabbage bug comes in it will wipe out a whole bed of cabbage but if they are spread out and the bug can't find the next cabbage plant you have a better chance of catching the problem and fixing it before they destroy everything.
We had enough seedlings to do 5 beds this way. These beds are about 10 ft long and three to four foot wide. They will hold about 30 plants using the square foot garden method.
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