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STEP I: Determining Kind and Amount
of Tractor Garden Crops to Plant |
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GUIDE FIGURES |
FOR YOUR TRACTOR GARDEN |
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VEGETABLES |
Approx. Yield per 100 Feet of Row |
Feet of Row Needed per Family of Five |
Feet of Row Needed |
Spacing Between Rows |
Area Needed in Square Feet
(Feet of Row X Spacing) |
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Asparagus |
40 lbs. |
100 |
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6 ft. |
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Bean, snap (bush) |
1 to 2 bu. |
250 |
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3 ft. |
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Bean, snap (pole) |
1 to 2 bu. |
250 |
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3 ft. |
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Bean, dry shell. |
1/2 bushel |
250 |
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3 ft. |
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Bean, Lima |
10 qts. shelled |
100 |
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3 ft. |
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Bean, edible soy |
10 qts. shelled |
100 |
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3 ft. |
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Beets. |
2 bushels |
100 |
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3 ft. |
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Broccoli |
40 heads |
50 |
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3 ft. |
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Brussels Sprouts |
30 lbs. |
50 |
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3 ft. |
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Cabbage, early |
60 heads |
50 |
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3 ft. |
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Cabbage, late. |
40 heads |
100 |
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3 ft. |
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Cabbage, Chinese |
25 heads |
50 |
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3 ft. |
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Carrot |
2 bushels |
200 |
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3 ft. |
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Cauliflower |
40 heads |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Celery |
160 plants |
50 |
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3 ft. |
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Chard, Swiss |
100 lbs. |
25 |
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3 ft. |
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Cucumber |
2 to 3 bushels |
100 |
|
6 ft. |
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Eggplant |
100 fruit |
25 |
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3 ft. |
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Endive |
100 plants |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Horseradish |
75 roots |
25 |
|
3 ft. |
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Kale |
100 lbs. |
25 |
|
3 ft. |
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Kohlrabi |
2 bushels |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Lettuce, leaf |
50 lbs. |
100 |
|
3 ft. |
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Lettuce, head |
50 heads |
25 |
|
3 ft. |
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Muskmelon |
75 fruit |
100 |
|
6 ft. |
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Onion |
2 bushels |
200 |
|
3 ft. |
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Parsley |
100 bunches |
10 |
|
3 ft. |
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Parsnips |
3 bushels |
100 |
|
3 ft. |
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Peas |
10 qts. shelled |
500 |
|
3 ft. |
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Peppers |
200 fruit |
25 |
|
3 ft. |
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Potatoes |
1 to 2 bushels |
1000 |
|
3 ft. |
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Potatoes, sweet |
1 bushel |
200 |
|
3 ft. |
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Pumpkin |
75 fruit |
50 |
|
6 ft. |
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Radish |
100 bunches |
100 |
|
3 ft. |
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Rhubarb |
100 lbs. |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Rutabaga |
2 bushels |
100 |
|
3 ft. |
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Salsify |
1 bushel |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Spinach |
55 to 100 lbs. |
200 |
|
3 ft. |
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Spinach, New Zealand. |
200 lbs. |
25 |
|
3 ft. |
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Squash, winter |
50 fruit |
100 |
|
6 ft. |
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Squash, summer |
150 fruit |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Sweet Corn |
150 ears |
600 |
|
3 ft. |
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Tomatoes |
5 bushels |
200 |
|
3 ft. |
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Turnips |
2 bushels |
50 |
|
3 ft. |
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Watermelon |
50 fruit |
100 |
|
6 ft. |
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Total square feet of garden |
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[Source: Gardening Supplement to Owner Manual, date unknown, courtesy of Mark
Waite & Joel Wicker]
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