Vegetables
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Container Size
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Distance Between Plants (")
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Days from Seed to Harvest
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Comments
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Beans, Bush & Pole
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5 gal.
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1-2
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50-60
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Several plantings, two-three week intervals. Mix fertilizer in soil (3-5 tablespoons of 10-10-10) before planting seeds.
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Beets
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2 gal.
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3
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50-60
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Thin beets when 4 to 6 inches tall
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Broccoli
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5 gal.
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12-18
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70-110
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Heavy feeder, requires fertile soil. Three plants per pot.
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Brussels Sprouts
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5 gal.
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12-18
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120
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Heavy feeder, requires fertile soil. Three plants per pot.
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Cabbage
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5 gal.
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12-18
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70-120
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Heavy feeder, requires fertile soil. Two to three plants per pot.
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Carrot
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2 gal.
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2-3
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70-80
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Several planting can be made about 3-4 weeks apart.
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Cauliflower
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5 gal.
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12-18
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75-105
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See Broccoli.
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Celery
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1 gal
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4-8
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120-160
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Two plants per pot. Use newspaper to blanch stems
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Chard, Swiss
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1-5 gal.
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4-6
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55-60
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Harvest leaves, thin for early greens
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Chives
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1/2 gal.
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2-3
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120-130
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Grow like onions. Also propagate by division of clumps.
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Collards
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5 gal.
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12-18
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60-70
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Grow like cabbage. Place plants close to the outer rim of pot. A heavy feeder. Pick outer leaves.
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Corn, Sweet
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Flat
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6-10
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60-90
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Corn is best grown in flat or large flower box with about eight inches of soil. Corn is a heavy feeder and needs to side dressed to yield.
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Cress, Garden or upland
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N/A
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Spread seeds
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30-50
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Cress can be grown anywhere there is space. Best grown in a tilled area or in a flower bed in the spring and fall.
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Cucumber
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5 gal.
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12-15
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50-75
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Requires hot weather and need support for vining types.
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Eggplant
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5 gal.
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1 plant
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75-100
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Require fertile soil
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Kale
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5 gal.
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8-12
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55-65
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Harvest leaves
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Lettuce, leaf
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2 gal.
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4-6
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35-45
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Harvest leaves
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Lettuce, head
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5 gal.
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12-15
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75-115
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Three plants per pot.
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Mustard Greens
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1 gal.
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3-4
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45-60
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Make several plantings at two week intervals
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Onions, green
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2 gal.
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2-3
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70-100
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Pots require lots of moisture
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Peppers, Bell & Hot
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2 gal.
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1 plant per container
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100-120
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Warm temperatures is needed
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Radishes
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6 in. pot
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1
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25-35
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Make several plantings
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Squash, Summer
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5 gal.
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1 plant
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50-60
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Start plant in 6" or 1 gallon container and repot in 5 gallon after 20 days. Plant bush type.
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Tomatoes
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5 gal.
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1 plant
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60-100
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Start plant in a 1 gallon pot and repot into a 5 gallon container after 30 days. Be sure to prune and stake plant.
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Tomatoes, cherry
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2 gal.
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1 plant
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55-95
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Stake and prune depending on the variety.
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Turnips
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3 gal.
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2-3
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30-60
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Harvest leaves and roots.
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