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applying square foot gardening to container gardening! HELP!

6 years ago

Just to clarify, I'm not using a 4' x 4' box/raised bed; I don't have one, nor can I afford one at the time. Even if I could afford a 4' x 4' raised bed, I wouldn't be able to afford filling the the box/raised bed.

Although I'm not using the 4' x 4' raised bed itself, I'm doing container gardening, and using the planting guidelines Mel suggests (4" plant spacing=9 plants per square foot; 3" spacing=16 per square foot; 12" plant spacing=1 plant per square foot; 6" spacing=4 per square foot).

Somebody said I can figure out the square footage of my containers by multiplying the length x width of the container and dividing that by 144 and you will get the square footage of your container (you use 144 since a 1' x 1' square is the equivalent of 12" x 12" and 12 x 12=144)

I'll list an example of this below with one of my containers....

23 x 16=368; 368 divided by 144=2.5 square feet.

However what I'm confused about is how many 1' x 1' squares can I put for the container size I listed? It is 58 quarts, which is the equivalent of 14.5 gallons.

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Nil13 usda:10a sunset:21 LA,CA (Mount Wash.)
6 years ago
Is there a reason why you aren't just growing in the ground? SFG has people buy all sorts of unnecessary stuff to make the mix when you can just grow in the ground. Also, SFG, also known as intensive gardening, can be a PITA since everything is crowded.
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
6 years ago
Yes. Growing in the native soil is the cheapest option of all, using what nature has provided and amending if necessary.
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backwoodsgirl123
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Amy, I don't know if you are still looking for the answer to your question...

To determine the square footage of the area of a circle, multiply 3.1416 times the radius (in feet) squared. To determine the circumference of a circle, multiply 3.1416 times the diameter (twice the radius).

Take a string and find the middle (diameter) going both directions. Like you were cutting a pie in 4th's.

Then start dividing up your circle by starting in the middle on the dividing line and move out towards the sides, one foot in both directions until you get it all mapped out.

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