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====== 🪴 Garden Bed Layouts (2026 Season) ======

This page contains all garden bed layouts for the 2026 growing season in Sanford, NC (Zone 7b/8a).  
Each bed includes spacing, varieties, and ASCII diagrams that render cleanly inside DokuWiki.

Use this as your baseline each year and add notes on what worked best.

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===== 📘 Index =====

* [[garden:bed-layouts#tomato_bed_a|Tomato Bed A — Indeterminate]]
  * [[garden:bed-layouts#tomato_bed_b|Tomato Bed B — Determinates]]
  * [[garden:bed-layouts#pepper_bed|Pepper Bed — 12 Plants]]
  * [[garden:bed-layouts#squash_bed|Squash Bed — Zucchini + Yellow Squash]]
  * [[garden:bed-layouts#cucumber_trellis|Cucumber Trellis (Bed Edges)]]

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===== 🍅 Tomato Bed A — Indeterminate / Vertical Rope System =====
(Varieties: Mountain Magic ×2, Tropic ×2, Roma VF ×4)

```text
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 BED A — 4×8 — Indeterminate / Vertical Rope System
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← North (Back Row)

+------------------------- 8 ft -------------------------+
   |                                                         |
   |   [Roma VF]   [Roma VF]   [Roma VF]   [Roma VF]        |
   |                                                         |
   |---------------------------------------------------------|
   |                                                         |
   |   [Mountain Magic]   [Mountain Magic]                   |
   |   [Tropic]           [Tropic]                           |
   |                                                         |
   +---------------------------------------------------------+

Spacing

24" between plants

18" between rows

Trellising

Full 8 ft top bar

1 vertical string per plant

Weekly figure-8 wrapping

Prune indeterminates normally; prune Roma lightly

===== 🍅 Tomato Bed B — Determinate Slicers (NC Winners) =====
(Varieties: Mountain Fresh Plus ×2, Amelia F1 ×2, Mountain Merit ×4)

====================================================
 BED B — 4×8 — Determinate Slicers (NC Winners)
====================================================

← North (Back Row)

+------------------------- 8 ft -------------------------+
   |                                                         |
   |   [Mountain Merit]   [Mountain Merit]                  |
   |   [Mountain Merit]   [Mountain Merit]                  |
   |                                                         |
   |---------------------------------------------------------|
   |                                                         |
   |   [Mountain Fresh+]   [Mountain Fresh+]                |
   |   [Amelia F1]         [Amelia F1]                      |
   |                                                         |
   +---------------------------------------------------------+

Spacing

20–24" between plants

18" between rows

Support

3–4 horizontal twine levels

Shorter vertical strings (determinate-height plants)

===== 🌶️ Pepper Bed — Sweet Bells & Jalapeños (4×8) =====

Total Plants: 12 (2 rows × 6 plants)

====================================================
 PEPPER BED — 4×8 — Sweet Bells & Jalapeños (12 plants)
====================================================

← North (Back Row)

+------------------------- 8 ft -------------------------+
   |                                                         |
   |  [Red Knight]   [Red Knight]   [King Arthur]           |
   |  [King Arthur]  [Big Bertha]   [Big Bertha]            |
   |                                                         |
   |---------------------------------------------------------|
   |                                                         |
   |  [Sweet Banana] [Sweet Banana] [Cal. Wonder 300]       |
   |  [Cal. Wonder]  [Jalafuego]     [Jalafuego]            |
   |                                                         |
   +---------------------------------------------------------+

Spacing

18" between plants

24" between rows

Notes

Stake peppers early

Banana + Big Bertha grow large → strong support needed

===== 🟩 Squash Bed — Zucchini & Yellow Squash (4×8) =====

====================================================
 ZUCCHINI & YELLOW SQUASH — 4×8 BED
====================================================

+------------------------- 8 ft -------------------------+
   |                                                         |
   |       [Dunja Zucchini]        [Dunja Zucchini]         |
   |                                                         |
   |---------------------------------------------------------|
   |                                                         |
   |    [Multipik Yellow]        [Multipik Yellow]          |
   |                                                         |
   +---------------------------------------------------------+

Spacing

36–40" between plants

Training

Vertical trellis once 12–18" tall

===== 🥒 Cucumber Trellis — Bed Edges =====

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 CUCUMBERS — Ramp Trellis (2 Bed Edges)
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Round 1 — April 20 – May 10
   - Diva × 2
   - County Fair Improved × 2

Round 2 — July 10 – 20
   - Replant Diva × 2
   - Replant County Fair × 2

Notes

Depth: ½–¾"

Train onto ramp trellis immediately

Prune lowest 8–10" of leaves for airflow

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