Most beginners lose plants to wrong spacing and bad combinations. This plan already handles both.

Zone 9a Cool-Season Leafy Bed

4 × 8 ft Square Foot Grid 224 plants · 6 varieties ~$246 of groceries 7 views

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What this plan does

Square foot spacing calculated for a 4×8 ft bed — no overcrowding, no guessing

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Bed Layout

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North

West

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1	Mustard Greens ×9	Mustard Greens ×9	Mustard Greens ×9	Mustard Greens ×9
2	Mustard Greens ×9	🥒 Cucumber ×2	🥒 Cucumber ×2	Mustard Greens ×9
3	🥒 Cucumber ×2	🥒 Cucumber ×2	🥒 Cucumber ×2	🥒 Cucumber ×2
4	🥒 Cucumber ×2	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4
5	Spring Onion ×16	Spring Onion ×16	🥬 Lettuce ×4	Spring Onion ×16
6	Spring Onion ×16	Spring Onion ×16	Spinach ×9	Spinach ×9
7	Spinach ×9	Red Amaranth ×4	Red Amaranth ×4	Spinach ×9
8	Red Amaranth ×4	Red Amaranth ×4	Red Amaranth ×4	Red Amaranth ×4

East

South

Numbers indicate feet

Plants in This Bed

Mustard Greens

54 plants

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Cucumber

14 plants

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Lettuce

16 plants

Spring Onion

80 plants

Spinach

36 plants

Red Amaranth

24 plants

Why this works

Each plant earns its place in this bed

Mustard Greens — Mustard is a fast-growing cool-season crop prized both for its pungent leaves and its seeds, which are the basis of mustard condiment and mustard oil.

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Cucumber — Crisp and refreshing cucumbers are perfect for fresh eating, pickling, and salads.

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Lettuce — Fast-growing, versatile salad green that thrives in cool weather.

Spring Onion — Spring onions (also called green onions or scallions) are harvested young before they form a bulb.

Spinach — Nutrient-dense leafy green perfect for salads, cooking, and smoothies.

Red Amaranth — Red Amaranth, known as Lal Saag or Lal Math in India, is a nutritious leafy green with striking red-purple leaves.

How they help each other

✓ Cucumber + Lettuce — Good space usage
✓ Lettuce + Spring Onion — Excellent border companion; similar water needs
✓ Spinach + Lettuce — Similar conditions
✓ Spinach + Mustard Greens — Good companion, similar cool-season requirements

In Edenvatika, square foot spacing is automatic and the planner highlights good companions and warns you about bad ones as you build — so you get it right before anything goes in the ground.

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