Question for planting vegetables in my raised bed.

6 years ago

I want to plant veggies in this raised garden bed of mine. Its 5.5x12 which is 66 square feet.

I was thinking of growing a yellow crookneck squash, zucchini, cucumber, lacinto kale, red leaf lettuce basil, scented geranium and Thyme. Is that too much for this garden bed? Some of the plants wont be easily accessible. How should i plant so each one can be more easily accessible and how many plants can i grow in there?

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HighColdDesert
6 years ago
5.5 feet is a bit wide for a bed in my opinion, because you will have to step on the soil to reach the middle.

Those bushy zucchinis and crookneck squash might be good in the middle. Just one plant of each, in order to fit everything in, because those can sprawl a couple of feet in every direction.

Cucumbers probably prefer to have a trellis, and the good thing is if the cukes are growing upwards, there's more space to plant your small things along side.

Thyme and geranium I think are commonly grown as perennials, but I guess they can be grown as annuals.

Yes, I think you can fit everything in there, especially if it's just one zuke, one crookneck, one, or two crowded cukes, a couple of kale, and then the other three along the edges.
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