Kansas Vegetable Garden Planting Calendar

This calendar is a quick and helpful guide for planning when to plant your vegetable garden here in Central Kansas.

Planting Per Person

Use this table to plan out how much of each vegetable to plant per person.

Vegetable	Average Crop Expected per 10 Feet	Approximate Planting per Person
Asparagus	3 lb.	10–15 plants
Beans, snap bush	12 lb.	15–16 feet
Beans, snap pole	15 lb.	5–6 feet
Beans, lima bush	2.5 lb. shelled	10–15 feet
Beans, lima pole	5 lb. shelled	5–6 feet
Beets	15 lb.	5–10 feet
Broccoli	10 lb.	3–5 plants
Brussels sprouts	7.5 lb.	2–5 plants
Cabbage	15 lb.	3–4 plants
Cabbage, Chinese	8 heads	3–10 feet
Carrots	10 lb.	5–10 feet
Cauliflower	10 lb.	3–5 plants
Celeriac	6 lb.	5 feet
Celery	18 stalks	10 stalks
Chard, Swiss	7.5 lb.	3–5 plants
Collards and kale	10 lb.	5–10 feet
Corn, sweet	1 dozen	10–15 feet
Cucumbers	12 lb.	1–2 hills
Eggplant	10 lb.	2–3 plants
Garlic	4 lb.	1–5 feet
Kohlrabi	7.5 lb.	3–5 feet
Lettuce, head	10 heads	10 feet
Lettuce, leaf	5 lb.	10 feet
Muskmelon (cantaloupe)	10 fruits	3–5 hills
Mustard	10 lb.	5–10 feet
Okra	10 lb.	4–6 feet
Onions (plants or sets)	10 lb.	3–5 feet
Onions (seed)	10 lb.	3–5 feet
Parsley	3 lb.	1–3 feet
Parsnips	10 lb.	5 feet
Peas, English	2 lb.	15–20 feet
Peas, southern	4 lb.	10–15 feet
Peppers	6 lb.	3–5 plants
Potatoes, Irish	10 lb.	50–100 feet
Potatoes, sweet	10 lb.	5–10 plants
Pumpkins	10 lb.	1–2 hills
Radishes	10 bunches	3–5 feet
Salsify	10 lb.	5 feet
Soybeans	2 lb.	50 feet
Spinach	4–5 lb.	5–10 feet
Squash, summer	15 lb.	2–3 hills
Squash, winter	10 lb.	1–3 hills
Tomatoes	10 lb.	3–5 plants
Turnip greens	5–10 lb.	5–10 feet
Turnip roots	5–10 lb.	5–10 feet
Watermelon	4 fruit	2–4 hills