garden:bed-layouts
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| ===== 🍅 Tomato Bed A — Indeterminate / Vertical Rope System ===== | ===== 🍅 Tomato Bed A — Indeterminate / Vertical Rope System ===== | ||
| - | (Varieties: Mountain Magic ×2, Tropic ×2, Roma VF ×4) | + | (Varieties: Mountain Magic ×2, Tropic ×2, Roma VF ×4, + Optional: Mortgage Lifter, Independence Day) |
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| - | | + | | [Roma VF] [Roma VF] [Roma VF] [Roma VF] [MortgageL] |
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| - | | + | | [Mountain Magic] [Mountain Magic] |
| - | | + | | [Independence Day]* (optional early plant) |
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| + | * Independence Day can be added at the corner or grown in a container. | ||
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| Trellising | Trellising | ||
| - | Full 8 ft top bar | + | Full-length |
| 1 vertical string per plant | 1 vertical string per plant | ||
| Weekly figure-8 wrapping | Weekly figure-8 wrapping | ||
| Prune indeterminates normally; prune Roma lightly | Prune indeterminates normally; prune Roma lightly | ||
| + | ===== 🍅 Tomato Bed B — Determinate Slicers (NC Winners) ===== | ||
| + | (Varieties: Mountain Fresh Plus ×2, Amelia ×2, Mountain Merit ×4) | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
| + | BED B — 4×8 — Determinate Slicers (NC Winners) | ||
| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ← North (Back Row) | ||
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| + | | [Mountain Merit] [Mountain Merit] [Mountain Merit] | ||
| + | | [Mountain Merit] | ||
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| + | | [Mountain Fresh+] [Mountain Fresh+] [Amelia F1] | | ||
| + | | [Amelia F1] | | ||
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| + | Spacing | ||
| + | 20–24" | ||
| + | 18" between rows | ||
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| + | Support | ||
| + | 3–4 horizontal twine levels | ||
| + | Shorter vertical strings | ||
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| + | ===== 🌶️ Pepper Bed — Sweet Bells & Jalapeños (4×8) ===== | ||
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| + | Total Plants: 12 (2 rows × 6 plants) | ||
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| + | Optionally add Big Red if you want a 13th bonus plant in a container or corner. | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ← North (Back Row) | ||
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| + | | [Red Knight] [Red Knight] [King Arthur] [King Arthur] | ||
| + | | [Big Bertha] [Big Bertha] | ||
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| + | | [Sweet Banana] [Sweet Banana] [Cal. Wonder 300] | | ||
| + | | [Cal. Wonder] [Jalafuego] [Jalafuego] | ||
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| + | Spacing | ||
| + | 18" between plants | ||
| + | 24" between rows | ||
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| + | Notes | ||
| + | Stake peppers early | ||
| + | Banana + Big Bertha grow large → strong support needed | ||
| + | Big Red can replace any bell variety if desired | ||
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| + | ===== 🧅 Onion Bed — Red Creole & Granex Yellow (4×8) ===== | ||
| + | (Varieties: Red Creole × ~50–60, Granex Yellow × ~50–60) | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
| + | ONION BED — 4×8 — Red Creole & Granex Yellow | ||
| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ← North (Back Row) | ||
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| + | | [RedCreole] [RedCreole] [RedCreole] [RedCreole] | ||
| + | | [RedCreole] [RedCreole] [RedCreole] [RedCreole] | ||
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| + | | [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] | ||
| + | | [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] [Granex] | ||
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| + | Spacing | ||
| + | 4–6" between onions | ||
| + | 12–18" | ||
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| + | Notes | ||
| + | Start indoors in January | ||
| + | Transplant outdoors Feb 20–Mar 15 | ||
| + | Trim greens lightly to encourage bulb size | ||
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| + | ===== 🌾 Odds & Ends Bed — Broccoli (Spring) → Okra (Summer) ===== | ||
| + | (Spring crop: Broccoli transplants from nursery) | ||
| + | (Summer crop: Okra direct-sown or nursery plants) | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
| + | ODDS & ENDS BED — 4×8 — Broccoli → Okra Successions | ||
| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ← North (Back Row) | ||
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| + | | [Broccoli] [Broccoli] [Broccoli] [Broccoli] | ||
| + | | [Broccoli] [Broccoli] [Broccoli] [Broccoli] | ||
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| + | | [Okra] [Okra] [Okra] [Okra] [Okra] [Okra] | ||
| + | | (Space ~12–18" | ||
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| + | Notes | ||
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| + | Broccoli: plant March 10–25 (cool season) | ||
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| + | Remove broccoli in late May → replace with okra | ||
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| + | Okra thrives in heavy NC summer rain & heat | ||
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| + | Option: bush beans may replace broccoli if okra not desired | ||
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| + | ===== 🟩 Squash Bed — Zucchini & Yellow Squash (4×8) ===== | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | | [Dunja Zucchini] | ||
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| + | | [Multipik Yellow] | ||
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| + | Spacing | ||
| + | 36–40" | ||
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| + | Training | ||
| + | Vertical trellis once 12–18" | ||
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| + | ===== 🥒 Cucumber Trellis — Bed Edges ===== | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | ==================================================== | ||
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| + | Round 1 — April 20 – May 10 | ||
| + | - Diva × 2 | ||
| + | - County Fair Improved × 2 | ||
| + | - Long Green Improved × 1 (new) | ||
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| + | Round 2 — July 10 – 20 | ||
| + | - Replant Diva × 2 | ||
| + | - Replant County Fair × 2 | ||
| + | - Optional: Long Green Improved × 1 | ||
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| + | Notes | ||
| + | Depth: ½–¾" | ||
| + | Train onto ramp trellis immediately | ||
| + | Keep lower 8–10" | ||
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