Square Foot Garden Question

[BrPanthers99]

This year I am doing a 3x3ft just for cucumbers, and also a 3x5ft and 4x5ft.

For the 3x5ft and 4x5ft is it better to put multiple types of vegtables in each square foot or focus on 1 or 2 types of plants each.

Thoughts?

[Joyfirst]

I have to take photo of my garden - I have crazy mixtures in each bed, but I would say at least mix your main veggies with some french marigolds, onion, garlic, chives or other companion plants to confuse the bugs.

[cynthia_h]

According to Mel (and to my own experience), you can plant a different veggie in each square foot, as long as it doesn't need more than 1 sq. ft. of growing space.

He has a table in the back of the book to let you know whether it's X plants per square or Y squares per plant.

You can also "cheat" a little bit, like I did, and plant your sprawling veggies in the squares on the side of the box and let them trail over the side. This is how I got two huge zucchini plants in 2008 (no zukes in 2009, though; weather was too cool) out of three squares.

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9