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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Growth Rates of some Popular Veggies (from Mel's 1981 book)


Mel's brand new book, All New Square Foot Gardening, is awesome! It's a great place to begin as you learn about SFG! I'm a visual learner... and with lots of color pictures and boxes with tips... I found his new book very *easy* to follow!

A few years ago I picked up Mel's original book published in 1981 on square foot gardening... it reads like a text book... is very detailed... I have post-it notes sticking out of pages all thru the book for easy reference.

I just started re-reading his 1981 version... it makes a lot more sense to me now after having read his brand new book. Anyway... this older version is worth having for your gardenin library.

Like... learning about GROWTH RATES!!!

I found p. 77 to be very helpful. It's all about the GROWTH RATES of a few of the most popular vegetables:

Radishes...............4 (weeks to maturity from seed)
Lettuce.................7
Spinach................7
Beans...................8
Swiss chard..........8
Squash.................8
Corn....................9
Cucumbers..........9
Carrots..............10
Peas..................10

Now... I can plan for replanting my squares!!! Richard loves... loves.. radishes... so now I know to plant 1 square (16 plants/square) then 2 weeks later plant another square of 16 plants! Or... maybe stagger the planting weekly.

Mel says that these are some of the SLOWEST GROWING crops:

Muskmelons............12 (weeks to maturity from seed)
Cauliflower...............14
Broccoli....................16
Cabbage...................16
Tomatoes.................17
Eggplant..................19 (can't wait for eggplant parmesan!)
Peppers...................19
Onions....................20

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