Vegetable Planting Chart 
For Philadelph ia and Equivalent Climate 
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VARIETY 
Seed 
Required 
Seed 
Required 
per Acre 
PI 
Apart in 
Row 
inting Distan 
Between 
Rows 
:e 
Depth 
Maturity 
from Planting 
to Picking 
1 oz. to 500 plants... 
3^ lb. 
lYi to 2 ft.. 
4 ft. 
1 oz. to 800 plants. . 
4 lbs. 
.8 to fi ins.. . 
134 ft. 
1 in. 
50 roots per 100 ft... 
5445 roots.. 
2 ft. 
4 ft. 
12 ins. 
2 to 234 ft.. 
1 lb. per 100 ft. 
60 lbs. 
3 ft. 
134 to 2 ins. 
30 lbs. ... 
3 to 4 ft.... 
Beans* Pole Lima. 
1 lb. per 100 ft. 
30 lbs. 
4 ft. 
134 to 2 ins. 
12 to 14 weeks 
134 to 2 ft.. 
to 1 in... 
234 ft. 
to 1 in... 
Bror.rioli, Heading. 
1 07. to 2000 plants.. 
4 oz. 
IH to 2 ft.. 
2 to 3 ft.... 
in. 
Q to 21 weeks 
Rniafiels Sprouts. 
1 07- to SOOO plants.. 
4 oz. 
134 ft. 
2 to 3 ft.... 
34 in. 
18 to 14 weeks 
rJabhage,. Harlv. 
1 oz. to 2000 plants.. 
4 oz. 
134ft. 
2 to 3 ft.... 
34 in. 
10 to 12 weeks 
2 ft. 
3 ft. 
1 /^ in. 
1 to 2 ft.... 
in. 
9 to 12 weeks 
1 07. to 2000 plants.. 
134 to 2 ft.. 
234 ft. 
in. 
14 to 16 weeks 
1 07. to fiOOO plants.. 
4 07. 
3 to 4 ft.... 
in. 
16 to 19 weeks 
2 ft. 
34 in. 
15 to 17 weeks 
Collards. 
1 oz. to 2000 plants.. 
4 oz. 
134 to 2 ft.. 
234 ft. 
. 
12 to 14 weeks 
12 lbs. 
3 to 4 ft.... 
1 in. 
10 to 13 weeks 
10 lbs. 
1 to 134 ft.. 
34 in. 
6 to 7 weeks 
2 to 4 ins.. . 
134 ft. 
^ in. 
5 to 6 weeks 
in. 
8 to 10 weeks 
Dandelion... 
5 lbs. 
1 to 134 ft.. 
34 in. 
8 to 9 weeks 
Dill. 
yi oz. per 100 ft. 
2 to 234 ft.. 
34 in. 
10 weeks 
2 ft. 
234 ft. 
in.. 
16 to 18 weeks 
134ft. 
in. 
12 to 13 weeks 
2 to 3 ft.... 
34 in. 
9 weeks 
Kale. 
3 lbs. 
134 ft. 
2 ft. 
34 in. 
8 to 9 weeks 
134 ft. 
8 to 9 weeks 
134 ft. 
. 
y^'in . 
12 to 13 weeks 
6 to 10 ins.. 
134 ft. 
34 in. 
7 to 10 weeks 
Melon, Musk. 
3 lbs. 
4 to 5 ft.,.. 
34 in. 
12 to 14 weeks 
8 ft. 
in. 
12 to 14 weeks 
1 ft. 
34 in. 
4 to 5 weeks 
8 lbs. 
134 ft. 
3 ft. 
1 in. 
7 to 9 weeks 
1 07. per 1 00 ft. 
5 lbs. 
134 ft. 
34 in. 
13 to 16 weeks 
2 qts. per 100 ft. 
3 ins. 
134 ft. 
134 in. 
5 to 6 weeks 
3 lbs. 
1 ft. 
34 in. 
10 to 12 weeks 
1 to 2 ft.. 
34 in. 
13 to 14 weeks 
Peas. 
1 to 2 lbs. per 100 ft.. 
120 lbs. 
1 to 2 ins.. . 
2 to 3 ft ... 
1 to 2 ins.. . 
8 to 10 weeks 
1 oz. t* 1000 plants.. 
3 07 . 
134ft. 
234 ft. 
34 in. 
14 to 18 weeks 
7H lbs. per 100 ft ... 
3 ft. 
3 ins. 
10 to 12 weeks 
3 ft. 
18 to 20 weeks 
Pumpkin. 
1 OZ. to 25 hills. 
6 ft. 
8 ft. 
1 in. 
15 to 16 weeks 
Radish, Early. 
1 oz. per 100 ft. 
10 lbs. 
1 in. 
1 ft. 
34 in. 
3 to 4 weeks 
134 ft. 
34 in. 
7 to 8 weeks 
Rhubarb Roots. 
4840 roots 
2 ft. 
3 ft. 
7 ins. 
4 to 6 weeks 
Ruta Baga. 
1 oz. per 100 ft. 
2 lbs. 
2 ft. 
34 ins. 
12 to 14 weeks 
Salsify. 
2 oz. per 100 ft. 
8 lbs. 
4 ins. 
134 to 2 ft.. 
34 in. 
16 to 18 weeks 
Sorrel. 
1 to 134 ft.. 
34 in. 
Spinach. 
20 lbs. .. 
1 ft. 
34 in. 
6 to 7 weeks 
Spinach, New Zealand. 
1 07. per 100 ft-. 
8 ins. 
234 ft. 
1 in. 
7 to 10 weeks 
Squash. Bush. 
4 ft. hills... 
4 ft. 
1 in. 
7 to 8 weeks 
8 ft. 
1 in. 
12 to 14 weeks 
Swiss Chard. 
2 oz. per 100 ft 
6 ins. 
134 to 2 ft.. 
34 to 1 in... 
7 to 8 weeks 
334 ft. 
4 ft. 
34 in. 
14 to 16 weeks 
Turnip. 
1 oz. per 100 ft. 
2 lbs. 
4 ins. 
134 to 2 ft.. 
34 in. 
7 to 10 weeks 
NOTE:—Differences in maturity vary with climate, season, soil, geographic location and elevation 
and variety planted. 
