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Plant Spacing Optimizer

Pick a crop and your bed size to see how many more plants intensive and staggered spacing fit versus traditional rows.

Tomato, slicing in a 48" × 96" bed

8 plants · +100% vs rows

Traditional rows: 4 plants

Wide walking gaps between rows. Easiest to weed, fits the fewest plants.

Intensive (square-foot): 8 plantsMost plants

Same spacing in every direction, no walking rows. Packs a raised bed tight.

Staggered (hex): 8 plantsMost plants

Each row shifts half a step, like a honeycomb. Often squeezes in one more row.

Growing 8 tomato, slicing in traditional rows would need about 64 sq ft. Intensive spacing fits them in this 32 sq ft bed.

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