How Much Food to Grow Per Person
Different for every grower. Plant quantities are based on tastes, cooking frequency, root cellar availability, preservation skillset, dietary requirements, etc.
Look at your grocery bill
What are you buying frequently from the store? How much are you buying?
Is there something you can grow instead of buying from the produce section?
Is there something you can grow to preserve (tomato sauce)?
Example: Angela grows 30-35 tomato plants for fresh eating and canning into sauce for a year. This quantity of plants is based on personal experience.
Example: Mandi grows a shitload of lettuce every season. She has enough for her family to eat daily and also to set out at her Farmacy farm stand.
Vegetarians: 4400 square feet of growing space per person
Omnivores: 200 square feet of growing space per person
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4400 square feet of growing space per person for a whole year
200 square feet of growing space per person just for the season
Bush beans (2 plants/ft. of row), 12-15 plants
Beets (Thin to 3 plants/ft. of row), 15-30 plants
Cucumber (1 plant/2 ft. of row), 1 vine, 2 bushes
Carrots (Thin to 12 plants/ft. of row), 48 plants
Corn (1 plant/ft. of row), 10-15 plants (plant in blocks for best pollination)
Eggplant (1 plant/2 ft. of row), 2-3 plants
Kale (10/10 ft. of row), 2-7 plants
Leaf lettuce (Thin to 3 plants/ft. of row), 24 plants
Melon (1 plant/6 ft. of row), 1-2 plants
Onion (4 sets/ft. of row), 12-20 sets
Peas (6 plants/ft. of row), 15-20 plants
Pepper (1 plant/ft. of row), 3-5 plants
Potato (1 plant/ft. of row), 10 plants
Radish (thin to 12 plants/ft. of row), 10-15 plants
Spinach (Thin to 6 plants/ft. of row), 30-60 plants
Squash (1 plant/6 ft. of row), 1-2 plants
Tomato (1 plant/2 ft. of row), 2-4 plants
Zucchini (1 plant/3 ft. of row), 1-2 plants
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