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

4x8 Shade Salad Garden

4 × 8 ft Square Foot Grid 239 plants · 6 varieties 11 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

	1	2	3	4
1	🥬 Lettuce ×4	Coriander ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4	🥬 Lettuce ×4
2	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4
3	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4	Coriander ×4
4	Chives ×9	Chives ×9	Chives ×9	Chives ×9
5	Spring Onion ×16	Chives ×9	Chives ×9	Spring Onion ×16
6	Spring Onion ×16	Spring Onion ×16	Spring Onion ×16	Spring Onion ×16
7	Bok Choy ×4	Bok Choy ×4	Spring Onion ×16	Bok Choy ×4
8	🥬 Endive ×3	Bok Choy ×4	🥬 Endive ×3	🥬 Endive ×3

East

South

Numbers indicate feet

Plants in This Bed

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Lettuce

12 plants

Coriander

36 plants

Chives

54 plants

Spring Onion

112 plants

Bok Choy

16 plants

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Endive

9 plants

Why this works

Each plant earns its place in this bed

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

Coriander — Coriander, also known as Dhaniya or Cilantro, is an essential herb in Indian cooking.

Chives — Chives is a versatile herb perfect for culinary use, adding fresh flavor to many dishes.

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

Bok Choy — Bok choy is a fast-growing Asian green with crisp white stems and dark green leaves.

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Endive — Endive is a cool-season chicory grown for its slightly bitter, crisp leaves used in salads and braised dishes.

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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