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.

• Tomato Bed A — Indeterminate
• Tomato Bed B — Determinates
• Pepper Bed — 12 Plants
• Squash Bed — Zucchini + Yellow Squash
• Cucumber Trellis (Bed Edges)

(Varieties: Mountain Magic ×2, Tropic ×2, Roma VF ×4)

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BED A — 4×8 — Indeterminate / Vertical Rope System

            ← 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

(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)

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

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

CUCUMBERS — Ramp Trellis (2 Bed Edges)

Round 1 — April 20 – May 10

1. Diva × 2
2. County Fair Improved × 2

Round 2 — July 10 – 20

1. Replant Diva × 2
2. Replant County Fair × 2

Notes

  Depth: ½–¾"

  Train onto ramp trellis immediately

  Prune lowest 8–10" of leaves for airflow