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Grow flavorful greens, tomatoes, cukes and more to fill your salad bowl all summer, with herbs and edible flowers for zing and fun.
NOTES: Plants will need vertical support to be spaced this closely. Allow cucumbers to spill over edge of raised bed or provide a trellis; use stakes or cages for tomatoes and peppers. Plant tomatoes & peppers in an alternating pattern at 24" spacing. Starred crops (*) may be harvested and replanted in same row for an extra crop. After first lettuce is harvested, sow a heat-resistant variety like ‘Summercrisp' for second crop.
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PLANTING DIRECTIONS |
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Pepper |
Use transplants
3 plants, 24" apart |
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Tomato
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Use transplants
3 plants, 24" apart |
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Herbs (pineapple mint, marjoram, basil) |
Use transplants, 12 plants total, 24" apart, in front & back of each tomato & pepper |
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Cucumbers
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Plant seeds
Sow seed with 3 seeds per spot, 12" apart, thin to one plant |
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Oregano
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Use transplants
9 plants, 12" apart between nasturtium and cucumber |
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Nasturtium
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Use transplants or plant from seed
Space 12" apart in front of oregano and cucumber |
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Onion
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Use transplants
Plant double row, 6" between plants, 8" between rows |
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Lettuce |
Plant seeds in a single row, 1" apart |
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Arboretum's chosen varieties for 2010
Pepper ‘Fat N Sassy'
Tomato ‘Big Beef'
Tomato ‘Sun Gold'
Herbs - pineapple mint, marjoram, basil
Cucumber ‘Little Leaf'
Cucumber ‘Bush Champion'
Oregano
Nasturtium ‘Peach Melba Superior'
Onion ‘Ailsa Craig'
Lettuce ‘Simpson Elite'
Many varieties of these vegetables are available locally and will perform well in this region. Varieties chosen by Arboretum gardeners for 2010 Veggies by the Yard garden plantings at the Arboretum are available from Johnny's Seed Company or Territorial Seed Company.
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