"Plot 7: Fall Beets, Spring Salads, Cucumbers, and Fall Tomatoes
In plot 7, keep the fall beets, chard, summer squash, beans, clover or oats until they finish. In
February, plant up to 70 sq. ft. of Sierra lettuce and other salad crops. In April, plant 50 sq. ft. of
cucumbers. In May, plant up to 60 sq. ft. of tropical edible and decorative gourds such as cucuzi, bottle gourd, or bushel gourd; or crotalaria or buckwheat, peanuts, or Southern peas; or sesame. In late July, plant 10-16 tomato plants in two rows down the bed, ideally spaced four feet apart in the down-the-row direction, so there will be two feet between the two foot wide cages. This will make it easy to plant two foot strawberry strips in November (see plot 8). When you plant the July tomatoes, shade them, and water them frequently, to make sure the plants don’t die from dehydration. Assume some will die, so over plant."
On March 3, 2016, Plot 7 was in the south half of Bed 4, and I sowed Spacemaster cucumber seeds.
By March 30, the seedlings started to sprout true leaves.
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