Last Updated on September 13, 2026 Seed Starting Calendar by Last Frost Date Enter your average last spring frost date and this calendar gives you the week to start each crop indoors, the week to transplant it out, and the week to direct sow it. It uses the same timing rules as the Plan My Garden planner, which does this

Last Updated on September 13, 2026 How Many Carrots per Square Foot? 16 carrots per square foot. Sow them in a 4 x 4 grid, 3 inches apart, and thin to one seedling per spot. That is a full bunch from every square. The spacing pattern Square foot method 16 per square: a 4 x 4 grid, about 3 inches

Last Updated on September 13, 2026 How Many Lettuce Plants per Square Foot? 4 lettuce plants per square foot, leaf lettuce and head lettuce both. When I want big, full heads of Bibb I drop to 3 per square; for cut-and-come-again leaf lettuce, 4 is right. The spacing pattern Square foot method 4 per square: a 2 x 2 grid,

Last Updated on September 13, 2026 How Many Pepper Plants per Square Foot? 1 pepper plant per square foot, bell peppers and hot peppers alike. In a 4 x 4 bed that is 16 pepper plants, which is more than most families need, so mix in other crops. The spacing pattern Square foot method 1 per square, planted in the

Last Updated on September 13, 2026 How Many Cucumbers per Square Foot? 2 cucumber plants per square foot, grown up a trellis. That is the square foot chart number and it assumes the vines climb. Let them run on the ground and one plant takes several squares. The spacing pattern Square foot method 2 per square along the trellis side,

Last Updated on September 13, 2026 How Many Zucchini Plants per Square Foot? One zucchini plant per four square feet. A bush zucchini spreads into a 2 x 2 foot block, so the square foot chart gives it four squares. Grown vertically on a single stake, the way I do it, one plant fits in a single square with room