Plant Spacing Calculator

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Forward: enter spacing, get plant count. Reverse: enter a target plant count, get the spacing that achieves it.
The longer side of the bed, centre to centre of the outermost plants.
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The shorter side of the bed. Rows run along the length.
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Gap between the bed edge and the first plant on every side. Leave at 0 to plant right to the edge.
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Centre-to-centre distance between neighbouring plants. Used for square and triangular layouts.
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Square and triangular use one spacing value. Rectangular lets you set in-row and between-row spacing separately, common for field crops with walking aisles.
Turn on to enter a price per plant and see the total purchase cost.
Plants needed
55
Number of rows5
Plants per row11
Plant density1.38 plants/ft²
Planting area40 ft²
Plants55
Rows5

Plan for 55 plants in 5 rows.

  • Your bed will hold 55 plants arranged in 5 rows.
  • A square layout keeps rows and columns aligned, the simplest pattern to mark out and to weed along straight lines.
  • Buy a few spare seedlings to replace losses, especially for slow-maturing crops planted once per season.

Next stepSwitch to triangular layout to see how staggering rows changes the count, or try "Spacing needed" mode to reverse-engineer a target quantity.

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