How does my 4×8 foot bed plan look? First time grower in middle Tennessee. Is there anything advice or experience you could share with a novice? Thank you in advance!
Do you have a trellis for your peas? Most of us put those on an edge rather than the middle. They will climb up anything they get their tendrils around.
AutomaticBowler5
A 1×1 spot for a tomato isnt enough. 2×2 is more appropriate except for the cherry tomatoes. Depending on variety ive had some go 6 ft up and out.
forogtten_taco
Sweet pitatoes are going to take up way more ground space. They are vine plants that will easily cover 4sq feet.
DTodd850
That’s gonna be a super crowded bed and not allow things to grow to their full potential. You will need more like 2ftx2ft for the tomatoes.
vanguard1256
Most of your plants are going to take up way more space than you think.
Carrots are biennials. Just so you know.
Lettuce are cool weather crops where I at, and tomatoes are warm weather crops. I think you have some other cool weather plants mixed in too but I can’t really tell from the gif.
Buffalo-Coffee4991
Thanks for all the replies everyone! This GrowIt app lets you be way more over ambitious than you should be it seems…
Davekinney0u812
Welcome to gardening! I’m not a fan of those garden planners as they should make spacing recommendations. I think you have way too much.
I would say 2 tomato plants will take up about 1/4 of the bed and as someone said grow tall and require support up the entire growth. What variety of tomatoes are you wanting to grow – determinate indeterminate? Many varieties of peas also grow very tall and require tall trellising. Now you might have a shade issue.
I’ve grown sweet taters in my 4×8 raised bed and used half bed and got a decent harvest & had to train the long vines from taking over the other half.
My thoughts!
Scared_Tax470
Along with what everyone else has said, about this being way too much for the space, I would switch around a few things. Assuming the bottom of the picture is south facing, I would switch the green bell peppers and onion, and the carrots and peas. That way you have things in order of height so nothing is getting shaded out.
You’re also going to need to think about support systems for the tomatoes, possibly the peppers and peas.
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Do you have a trellis for your peas? Most of us put those on an edge rather than the middle. They will climb up anything they get their tendrils around.
A 1×1 spot for a tomato isnt enough. 2×2 is more appropriate except for the cherry tomatoes. Depending on variety ive had some go 6 ft up and out.
Sweet pitatoes are going to take up way more ground space. They are vine plants that will easily cover 4sq feet.
That’s gonna be a super crowded bed and not allow things to grow to their full potential. You will need more like 2ftx2ft for the tomatoes.
Most of your plants are going to take up way more space than you think.
Carrots are biennials. Just so you know.
Lettuce are cool weather crops where I at, and tomatoes are warm weather crops. I think you have some other cool weather plants mixed in too but I can’t really tell from the gif.
Thanks for all the replies everyone! This GrowIt app lets you be way more over ambitious than you should be it seems…
Welcome to gardening! I’m not a fan of those garden planners as they should make spacing recommendations. I think you have way too much.
I would say 2 tomato plants will take up about 1/4 of the bed and as someone said grow tall and require support up the entire growth. What variety of tomatoes are you wanting to grow – determinate indeterminate? Many varieties of peas also grow very tall and require tall trellising. Now you might have a shade issue.
I’ve grown sweet taters in my 4×8 raised bed and used half bed and got a decent harvest & had to train the long vines from taking over the other half.
My thoughts!
Along with what everyone else has said, about this being way too much for the space, I would switch around a few things. Assuming the bottom of the picture is south facing, I would switch the green bell peppers and onion, and the carrots and peas. That way you have things in order of height so nothing is getting shaded out.
You’re also going to need to think about support systems for the tomatoes, possibly the peppers and peas.