How Much Do I Plant?

A large garden can feed a family with more to donate or share with friends.

This sizeable fall garden yields enough harvest for a large family and their friends and neighbors.

The perfect sized garden yields all the tomatoes and other vegetables that you need and some extra to share with friends. Please use this guide of how much you can expect to harvest from a 10 foot row to help you determine exactly how much of your favorites to plant.

Vegetable Approximate Yield Per 10-foot Row
Beans (lima)
bush
pole
2 pounds (shelled)
2 pounds (shelled)
Beans (snap)
bush
pole
3 pounds
4 pounds
Cantaloupe 3 to 6 melons; more with bush type
Corn 10 to 20 ears
Cucumbers 15 cucumbers; more with bush types
Eggplant 10 to 20 eggplant
Okra 3 to 6 pounds
Peas, Southern 1 pound (shelled)
Peppers 6 pounds (40 peppers)
Potatoes, Sweet 7 pounds
Pumpkin 1 to 3 pumpkins
Squash 7 to 10 pounds; more with bush type
Tomatoes 8 to 20 pounds
Watermelon 1 to 2 melons; more with bush type
Cool Season
Asparagus 4 to 5 pounds
Beets 6 to 10 pounds
Broccoli 4 to 6 pounds
Cabbage 5 to 8 heads
Carrots 60 carrots
Cauliflower 6 heads
Collards 5 to 15 pounds
Greens, Gourmet 5 to 10 pounds
Kale 5 pounds
Lettuce 5 to 10 pounds
Mustard 4 to 10 pounds
Onions 8 to 10 pounds
Peas, English 3 to 4 pounds
Potatoes, Irish 15 pounds
Radishes 60 to 120 radishes
Spinach 5 to 10 pounds
Swiss Chard 5 to 8 pounds
Turnips 5 pounds greens, 150 roots

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