[peanut97]

Hello, as a novice I am wondering how much to plant of everything, for example, how3 many early potatoes should I put in if I want to feed a family of 6 for a few weeks? How many does 1 plant grow?

Also how many broad bean seeds should I plant? I have 35 in the packet is that too many?

Things like courgettes I have decided 2 - 3 plants, not sure on the sweetcorn or runnerbeans, the onions I have done 100, didn't have room for any more.  I have a big plot but it is not all ready yet.

How much of everything is everyone else planting?

[muntjac]

ok here goes . i plant so many cabbages every 3 weeks or so .taties i plant a couple stone lates ( 28lbs) 12 kilos or so and i get about 9 sacks back .more than enough for your needs .earlies i just throw a stone in and crop em when i think they are ready toeat as new tatties . broad beans put em all in the surplus you can dry and store in air tight jars . sweetcorn 10 plants will give you all ya need plus some for freezing ( after ya cook em ) onions are fine i put 150 in .courgettes i love so i grow 3 plants werth . aim for 2 cabbages a week if you can .so plant 3 one for you one for ya family and one fer slugs etc  remember what you dont want to have is a glut of anything unles you have freezer space or can dry it  or preserve it someway. keep asking questions of the folks on here and looking what everybody else is growing on the plot can give you a good idea    

[peanut97]

So how many strawberry plants? I was thinking of doing early and late fruiting varieties, how many of each? We love strawberries!

[muntjac]

well start with 25 of of each and then take the runners off next year when they start regrowing  and you can stop when ya think you have enough lolo.if its left upto my grand daughter it would be never  

[ziggywigs]

I planted 50 strawberry plants....but there's only two of us to eat them really...i found that i had too many after make all manner of strawberry jams etc....however, i also gave off a fair few too so none went to waste and it's nice to share.  Once they get fruiting they do tend to give loads.  Cutting them back to 30 this year see if it helps any.  

[mandycharlie]

What about carrots? for four adults.

We probably eat carrots with our evening meal five or six times a week and I also add them to my salad or soup at lunchtime probably about two to three times a week.   (Its a wonder I'm not orange)

So how many rows do you reckon?

[DD.]

What about carrots? for four adults.

We probably eat carrots with our evening meal five or six times a week and I also add them to my salad or soup at lunchtime probably about two to three times a week.   (Its a wonder I'm not orange)

So how many rows do you reckon?

We eat a lot also and have found that 3 rows is ample for the 3 of us. But of course it depends on the size of the row!

Mine are about 10m - 32 & a bit feet. I plant one row of Early Nates, for early pulling as baby carrots - not so babies when you get to the end of the row - one row of intermediates & one row of Autumn King, (some of those do us 2 meals).

[muntjac]

plant  2 rows and store  the lates  

[peanut97]

Where is the best place to get strawberry plants? They seem expensive on nursery websites, we don't have any in our lidl! In wilkinsons they had some in a packet but all I could see in the bag was compost and was not sure what you do with the plants inside. They must be tiny.

[muntjac]

ask on your local freecycle /// also check woolies they have them in  

[flowerlady]

peanut I have a very useful chart that deals with this ... if interested pm me