Plant spacing

You can use this for both in ground and container space.

How deep should a container be? How far apart should your plants be? These are minimum guide lines. Plants like space.
Plant	Spacing	roots grow deep
Cherry tomatoes	12” apart 14” some are 3ft apart	4” to 16”
Beans (Phaseolus) Fruit	5” apart	16” to 18”
Beets ROOT	3” apart	9” to 12”
Broccoli FLOWER	12” apart 12” to 14” wide	20" deep
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Familly LEAF	12” apart	12” to 14”
Carrots (Daucus carota) ______________ Cauliflower FLOWER	2” apart __________________________ 12” apart	9” to 18” ______________________ 12” to 14
Celery (Apium graveolens)
Corn (Zea mays)	. 1ft apt in 3 ft wife rows	roots can be as deep as 6 to 7 feet
Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus)	12” apart	16” to 18”
Eggplant (Solanum melongena	12” apart	14” to 16”
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa	6” apart	9” to 12”
Onion Family ROOT	3” apart	9” to 12”
Pea Fruit	3” apart	14” to 16”
PEPPERS Fruit	12” apart they grow best in 16" diameter pots,	14” to 16”
Potato, {ROOT}	6” apart no more than 3 roots to a 30 gal container	16” to 18”
Pumpkin- Squash (Curcurbita spp) Fruit	Corn, Marigold beans , Nasturtium. Buckwheat, catnip, tansy, radishes	Irish Potato
Radish (Spinacia oleracea){ROOT}	1” to 2” apart	9” to 12”
Spinach LEAF	5” apart	9” to 12
Squash Fruit	18” apart	16” to 24”
Tomato Fruit	least 20" or 22" diameter 5 gallon bucket is good	18"+
Swiss Chard	6” apart	9” to 12”

vining crops require a 20" or larger container.
Greens, such as lettuce and spinach, have shallow roots and thus do well in broader, flatter containers.
One to two gallon container are ok for peppers, chard and dwarf tomatoes,
Four to five gallons per plant is best for tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and eggplants.

Leafy vegetable and herbs don’t need as much room, but use a pot at least 9 inches deep so you don’t have to water as often.

Vegetables with extensive root systems such as cucumbers, potatoes, squash and tomatoes need containers with a minimum depth of 16 inches. Remember, the bigger the pot, the bigger the yield. An extra 2 inches deep can more than double your crop.

Overheating of the soil is a common cause of failure in container plantings. Thick wood insulates best, dark colored containers will absorb more heat, light colored containers reflect heat.
Red color is great for tomatoes and potatoes.