Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Choosing Your Veggies:
To help you choose which vegetables you would like to grow, there are several factors you
have to take into account.
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Your climate:
Don't try and grow plants in a climate not suited to them.
For instance tender plants can be very vulnerable to frosts, but hardier ve-
getables can cope with bouts of cooler weather. Sometimes you can help
things along though by covering your SFG with a mini-greenhouse type
frame.
•
Growing Season:
Considerthelengthofyourgrowingseasonincompar-
ison to the length of time to mature your crop.
•
What do you like?
Don't grow what you cannot eat if possible - obvious
I know but sometimes you can be tempted just by the challenge of grow-
ing something different - this usually just leads to a lot of waste though!
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Soil Quality:
This ofcourse shouldnotbeaproblem ifyouhavefollowed
the general guide for infilling your SFG
Next we have to consider the types of vegetables and what order we can plant them in to get
the best results. Here is a list of the most common vegetables along with the numbers that
can be grown in each foot-square block.
Plants
Approx
Days to
Harvest
No Per
Square
ASPARAGUS (after shoots ap-
pear)
14-21
1
BASIL
40-45
4
BROCCOLI
85-110
1
BEETS
50-70
9
BEANS (pole)
70-80
4-8
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
85-100
1
CABBAGE
90-100
1
CAULIFLOWER
85-110
1
CARROT
70
16
CELERY
60-65
9
CORN
80
3
