How Many Rows?

Here is a scenario about designing your garden. You start your seeds and 14 out of 20 have germinated into healthy seedlings. The seed package says that each plant should be spaced 10 inches for proper growth. The rows in your garden are 6 feet long. How many rows will you need to fit all 20 of the plants in your garden?

First, you should consider that each plant will need 10 inches between itself an other plants. It might help to draw out a diagram of the spacing to help you visualize the garden. Each row is 6 feet long, which is also 72 inches. While drawing the diagram, draw down a plant, then mark 10", mark another plant, 10" and so on, until you are at 72 inches. This will complete a row. You will find that each row will fit 7 plants. And you will need 2 rows to fit all 14 plants properly.