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Beginner looking for advice on layout
Hi,
Not sure how well used this is, but I'm struggling to find anything else SFG based.
Just wondering if there was anyone out there that could share some advice on this potential layout that I'm thinking about. Any issues? anythng I've got completely wrong?
For reference I'm in the South East and the marigolds at the front are facing SSW.

Not sure how well used this is, but I'm struggling to find anything else SFG based.
Just wondering if there was anyone out there that could share some advice on this potential layout that I'm thinking about. Any issues? anythng I've got completely wrong?
For reference I'm in the South East and the marigolds at the front are facing SSW.

TheCaretaker- Posts : 3
Join date : 2020-03-27
Location : Easy Sussex
Re: Beginner looking for advice on layout
Welcome to the forum TC, from Ohio!
The layout looks pretty good, looks like you've done a lot of research and planning. The taller plants to the north and successively shorter plants towards the south ensures all the plants get adequate sunlight. A couple thoughts that I might add are on the cucumbers and strawberries. We get very hot and humid summers here, so I put the cucumber on trellis so they grow vertical, and then plant leaf lettuce in the shade of them so the lettuce will continue producing through the summer. For strawberries, I keep mine in their own small bed so that the runners don't take over everything else.
I use 20" diameter tomato cages, so my tomatoes each take most of 4 squares.
The layout looks pretty good, looks like you've done a lot of research and planning. The taller plants to the north and successively shorter plants towards the south ensures all the plants get adequate sunlight. A couple thoughts that I might add are on the cucumbers and strawberries. We get very hot and humid summers here, so I put the cucumber on trellis so they grow vertical, and then plant leaf lettuce in the shade of them so the lettuce will continue producing through the summer. For strawberries, I keep mine in their own small bed so that the runners don't take over everything else.
I use 20" diameter tomato cages, so my tomatoes each take most of 4 squares.
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Beginner looking for advice on layout
Yes, I've been doing a bit of reading 
I attempted it last year on a much smaller scale last year, as the kids wanted to grow something. Thought we'd expand it a little this year.
Got an 8ft fence/trellis at the back, so everything in that back row will be going up that, as I was probably going to fill any suitable gaps with the lettuce and any other left over bits I have.
My main concerns are whether the leafy bits at the front might get a bit too much sun? They will be in it for pretty much most of the day.
Strawberries we're left there from last year and have wintered really well, so I don't want to move them, I'll have to just work around them.

I attempted it last year on a much smaller scale last year, as the kids wanted to grow something. Thought we'd expand it a little this year.
Got an 8ft fence/trellis at the back, so everything in that back row will be going up that, as I was probably going to fill any suitable gaps with the lettuce and any other left over bits I have.
My main concerns are whether the leafy bits at the front might get a bit too much sun? They will be in it for pretty much most of the day.
Strawberries we're left there from last year and have wintered really well, so I don't want to move them, I'll have to just work around them.
TheCaretaker- Posts : 3
Join date : 2020-03-27
Location : Easy Sussex
Re: Beginner looking for advice on layout
I've been moving things around on paper, thinking maybe put the beans and peas at the front and put the leafy stuff behind, but then I guess they might not get enough sun. The summer is very unpredictable here. But I guess something as simple as a shade would do it! Nice bit of lateral thinking.
I'm also a little concerned about space for the Cucumbers bers and Tomatoes, 1 per sq ft for the toms is doable, but 2 per sq ft for the Cucumbers seems way too tight - is the really possible?
I'm also a little concerned about space for the Cucumbers bers and Tomatoes, 1 per sq ft for the toms is doable, but 2 per sq ft for the Cucumbers seems way too tight - is the really possible?
TheCaretaker- Posts : 3
Join date : 2020-03-27
Location : Easy Sussex
Re: Beginner looking for advice on layout
Hi! Glad you found us!
So I would literally trellis everything I can, so include the Sugar Snap Peas. They like a nice trellis...mine live it, place on the North edge.
And yes, my cukes on trellis are actually 4/SF! Maybe more they do very well.
The proof is in the compost to be honest.
Lots if info on the SEARCH box in the upper left-hand box!
Welcome!
So I would literally trellis everything I can, so include the Sugar Snap Peas. They like a nice trellis...mine live it, place on the North edge.
And yes, my cukes on trellis are actually 4/SF! Maybe more they do very well.
The proof is in the compost to be honest.
Lots if info on the SEARCH box in the upper left-hand box!
Welcome!

Scorpio Rising-
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Age : 61
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Beginner looking for advice on layout
TheCaretaker wrote:I'm also a little concerned about space for the Cucumbers bers and Tomatoes, 1 per sq ft for the toms is doable, but 2 per sq ft for the Cucumbers seems way too tight - is the really possible?
All of my cucumbers are completely trellised, and only grow vertically - actually it isn't completely vertical since the trellis leans outward at the top at about 60° from vertical. I have 6 squares of them, but they only use about 6" of the outside of each square, and other vegetables, such as lettuce or swiss chard, are planted in the inside 6" of each of those squares. The only problem we had was that the cucumbers matured faster than we could use them!

Here are a few pictures of last year's cucumbers in one of the beds. Note that the trellis is a 8' piece of a cattle panel which was left over from the days of raising beef cattle.




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