Spacing Plants

As your plants grow from seed to plant, their roots and leaves will require more space to grow properly. You should remember this as you plan out your garden.

* A popular style of planting vegetable gardens is called row beds. You line the plants and seeds in grows for them to grow. You need to place the seeds and plants the proper distance away from each other in the row. You should also space out the rows keeping this distancing in mind.

*The spacing depends on the type of plant. Broccoli plants should be spaced 15" apart. However, carrots can be grown much closer to each other. The rows should be "thinned" which means removing any plants which are too close to other plants. Any plant that is closer than 1/2" to another carrot should be removed. You can even eat these smaller carrots!