Plant Type |
Temp |
Light |
Plants Per Sq. Ft. |
Growing Conditions |
Artichoke | 19-27 C | not directly under |
1 | perlite 10 inches or deeper |
Beans | 15-18 C | needs good light |
5 | 4 inches deep or deeper w/ plenty of moisture |
Broccoli | 13-18 C | needs good light |
2 | NFT - cut 5" from top and will continue to come |
Cabbage | 13 C+ | needs good light |
2 | 2.5" deep or deeper (NFT works) |
Cauliflower | 15-20 C | needs good light |
1 | 2.5" deep or deeper (NFT works) |
Carrots | 15-30 C | moderate light |
2 | good drainage required |
Corn | 15-20 C | needs great light |
3 | 6" deep or deeper w/ great drainage |
Cucumber | 24-30 C | good light |
2 | 4 to 6" deep or deeper |
Garlic | 27 then 15 C | good light |
3 | 4" deep or deeper - sand w/ high initial temp cooling off |
Lettuce | 12-20 C | moderate light |
6 | grow w/ rockwool sitting on styrofoam in water |
Onion | 15-27 C | good light |
3 | 4 inches or deeper within aggregate or sand |
Peas | 15-18 C | good light |
4 | 4" deep or deeper in aggregate w/ good aeration |
Potatoes | 60-70 F | fair light |
3 | 12" deep or deeper w/ good drainage |
Pumpkin | 20-27 C | good light |
1 | sow seed direct |
Spinach | 15-19 C | cool shaded |
3 | 4" deep or deeper using rockwool or sane or perlite |
Strawberry | 15-18 C | good light |
6 | troughs filled with gravel 6" to 8" deep |
Tomatoes | 21-24 C | great light |
3 | rockwool w/ trellis or something to hold them up |
Wheat | 60-70 F | good light |
8 | humus; significant moisture but not flooding |
Zucchini | 24-30 C | good light |
0.5 | aggregate culture w/ constant supply of moisture |