Transplanting & Direct Seeding
Unit 1.4 | Part 1 – 193
Appendix 2 (cont’d): Common Transplant
Spacings: Common Seeding Rates & Thinning
Distances
Peppers, Sweet
Peppers, Hot
Potatoes
Radishes
Salad Mix
Spinach
Squash, Summer
Squash, Winter & Pumpkins
Strawberries
Tomatoes, Dry Farm
Tomatoes, Heirlooms
Turnips, Tokyo type
Transplant (TP) or
CROP Direct Sow (DS) Spacing / Thin to Notes for Central Coast CA
TP
TP
DS
DS
DS or TP
DS
DS
DS
buy plants
TP
TP
DS
12-18”
12”
10-12”
2 ”
TP: 4-6”, DS:
swath
Thin to 24”
Thin to 24”
12”
24-36”
24”
Thin to 3”
4 peppers = about 1.15#
Sow 1/ft and thin. Leave empty bed next to planted bed for
ease of harvest/cultivation.
30–40” between row spacings for bush type squash,
6”–80” for vining types
Plant into plastic
Skip a row for less water competition
Appendix 2: Common Transplant Spacings