When you’re planning out your garden it can help to know an approximate crop yield for your given growing space.
Of course there are numerous factors such as climate, weather problems, soil quality and pest/disease issues that growing season which can alter your yields. In general here’s an approximate crop yield per 1oo foot row from the Lousiana State University Ag Center. This crop yield list is based from a warmer southern climate so most of us in shorter growing zones and cooler climates will not gain as much yield as this chart shows.
My name is Isis Loran, creator of the Family Food Garden. I’ve been gardening for over 10 years now and push the limits of our zone 5 climates. I love growing heirlooms & experimenting with hundreds of varieties, season extending, crunchy homesteading and permaculture.
Nice to hear you got so much work done! We are a bit behind on the north east shore of Lake Erie. Hubby built raised beds for me – nine 8′ x 4′ boxes from 2″ x 8″ wide pine, and two 4′ x 10′ for the strawberries. After trying to build and enrich the soil here (and seeing it get flooded out almost every spring) we decided to go with the raised beds. We ordered a dump truck of high end soil and compost mix in the fall – just over half of it filled the beds. Of course I planted the “as soon as the soil can be worked” stuff, only to have it freeze a few times and become uprooted in the heaving frosts – what crazy weather – record highs, followed by record lows. Sigh…
I have a table with 2 grow lights in hubby’s workroom: Different kinds of peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and a few perennials. So far, so good but the potting mix was contaminated by some kind of mystery seed and I had weeds popping up around established good seedlings – weird.
How do you get your raspberries to grow where you want? Mine never do well in the row, but volunteers proliferate in all the wrong places. So, I spent a few hours digging up all these tenacious tearing terrors (note to self – cut them back BEFORE digging next time) and they are leafing out in a couple of pails waiting for relocation.
High hopes for all our gardens!