New Gardener I am
I have grown maples for 3 years and 1 of them had an injury to the bark but it did not go into that growing part so it could heal itself and it did. However I haven't grown fruits or veggies or herbs or grains and I want to grow all those since my mom and I are pretending to be on this new earth. I found out the minimum distance between plants for the standard grown from seed fruits and veggies and here they are:
Apple: 30 ft
Orange: 25 ft
Lemon and Lime: 8 ft
Blueberry: 5 ft
Raspberry: 2 ft
Blackberry: 4 ft
Strawberry: 1 ft
Cherry: 10 ft(this works for both sweet and sour)
Grape: 6 ft
Asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, and cucumber: 1 ft
beets: 5 in
green beans, leeks, and sweet potato: 6 in
carrots, garlic, and shallots: 4 in
cauliflower and eggplant: 1.5 ft
celery and peppers: 10 in
corn and lettuce: 8 in
onion: 2 in
peas and radishes: 1 in
potato: I don't know, perhaps same as sweet potato
pumpkin: 16 in
tomato: 15 in
Now I have a few questions.
1) What are the minimum distances between plants of these herbs and grains:
Herbs:
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Parsley
Mint
Grains:
Oats
Wheat
2) My momma and I want a bountiful harvest of all of these so what is the minimum number of plants of each type I need?
3)Do I even need to take the maximum into consideration?
Apple: 30 ft
Orange: 25 ft
Lemon and Lime: 8 ft
Blueberry: 5 ft
Raspberry: 2 ft
Blackberry: 4 ft
Strawberry: 1 ft
Cherry: 10 ft(this works for both sweet and sour)
Grape: 6 ft
Asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, and cucumber: 1 ft
beets: 5 in
green beans, leeks, and sweet potato: 6 in
carrots, garlic, and shallots: 4 in
cauliflower and eggplant: 1.5 ft
celery and peppers: 10 in
corn and lettuce: 8 in
onion: 2 in
peas and radishes: 1 in
potato: I don't know, perhaps same as sweet potato
pumpkin: 16 in
tomato: 15 in
Now I have a few questions.
1) What are the minimum distances between plants of these herbs and grains:
Herbs:
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Parsley
Mint
Grains:
Oats
Wheat
2) My momma and I want a bountiful harvest of all of these so what is the minimum number of plants of each type I need?
3)Do I even need to take the maximum into consideration?
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Where do you live? How much space do you have to grow plants in?
I live in memphis Tennesee which is in zone 7 and has a last frost in the 3rd week of march. I have lots of space.
What sort of soil do you have?
Acid/neutral/alkaline?
Sand/loam/clay?
I have to say, I've never heard anyone ask the planting distance of wheat and oat on a gardening forum. I eagerly await a reply to that one.
How many hectares/acres/square metres of land?
How much rainfall do you get each year? and in what seasons?
It is a neutral pH which a lot of plants tolerate. It is a loam soil as far as texture is concerned.
I get about average rainfall. I get it in spring, summer, fall, and sometimes winter but especially in spring and summer. I have about 5 acres because of how I am in the more country part of the city. Considering how I want a bountiful harvest of all the plants in that list 5 acres should be pretty good.
With five acres , see if you can obtain a copy of "the self sufficient gardener' by John Seymour. You should be able to get it from amazon.
It sounds like you should be able to grow a lot more than we can in England.
Good Luck. I hope you achieve your dream.
Considering the humidity you get over there, just make sure your herbs are in well drained soil, the combination of heat and dryish soil is perfect for herbs.
My advice to anybody gardening would be start early morning when most people are still in bed its great really spiritual I start work at 6am believe me its great early morning either in your garden or allotment