STEP III - Seed Order Guide

VEGETABLES

NORMAL REQUIREMENTS

Feet of Row Needed for Family of Five

Amount of Seed to Order

Amount for Your Garden
(Put in pencil so adjusting can be made as needs change.)

Feet of Row

Seed to Order

Asparagus

100

60 plants

Bean, snap (bush)

250

2 lbs.

Bean, snap (pole)

250

2 lbs.

Bean, dry shell

250

2 lbs.

Bean, Lima

100

1 lb.

Bean, edible soy

100

1/2 lb.

Beet

100

1 oz.

Broccoli

50

1 packet or 30 plants

Brussels Sprouts

50

1 packet or 30 plants

Cabbage, early

50

1 packet or 40 plants

Cabbage, late

100

1 packet or 60 plants

Cabbage, Chinese

50

1 packet

Carrot

200

1 oz.

Cauliflower

50

1 packet or 30 plants

Celery

50

1 packet or 100 plants

Chard, Swiss

25

1 packet or 100 plants

Cucumber

100

1/2 OZ-

Eggplant

25

1 packet or12 plants

Endive

50

1 packet

Horseradish

25

20 plants

Kale

25

1 packet

Kohlrabi

50

1 packet

Lettuce, leaf

100

1/2 Oz-

Lettuce, head

25

1 packet or 25 plants

Muskmelon

100

1/2 oz.

Onion

200

1 oz. seed or 6 lbs. sets

Parsley

10

1 packet

Parsnips

100

1/2 oz.

Peas

500

5 lbs.

Peppers

25

1 packet or 20 plants

Potatoes

1000

11/2 bushels

Potatoes, sweet

200

150 plants

Pumpkin

50

1/2 oz.

Radish

100

1 oz.

Rutabaga

100

1/2 oz.

Salsify

50

1/4 oz-

Spinach Spinach

200

2 oz.

Spinach, New Zealand

25

1 packet

Squash, summer

50

¼ oz.

Squash, winter

100

1 oz.

Sweet Corn

600

1-1/2 lbs.

Tomato

200

1 packet or 60 plants

Turnips

50

1 packet

Watermelon

100

1 oz.

[Source: Gardening Supplement to Owner Manual, date unknown, courtesy of Mark Waite & Joel Wicker]