# Food Growing Guide

Plant Type | Temp | Light | Plants Per Sq. Ft. | Growing Conditions
Artichoke | 19-27 C | not directly under | 1 | perlite 10 inches or deeper
Beans | 15-18 C | needs good light | 5 | 4 inches deep or deeper w/ plenty of moisture
Broccoli | 13-18 C | needs good light | 2 | NFT - cut 5" from top and will continue to come
Cabbage | 13 C+ | needs good light | 2 | 2.5" deep or deeper (NFT works)
Cauliflower | 15-20 C | needs good light | 1 | 2.5" deep or deeper (NFT works)
Carrots | 15-30 C | moderate light | 2 | good drainage required
Corn | 15-20 C | needs great light | 3 | 6" deep or deeper w/ great drainage
Cucumber | 24-30 C | good light | 2 | 4 to 6" deep or deeper
Garlic | 27 then 15 C | good light | 3 | 4" deep or deeper - sand w/ high initial temp cooling off
Lettuce | 12-20 C | moderate light | 6 | grow w/ rockwool sitting on styrofoam in water
Onion | 15-27 C | good light | 3 | 4 inches or deeper within aggregate or sand
Peas | 15-18 C | good light | 4 | 4" deep or deeper in aggregate w/ good aeration
Potatoes | 60-70 F | fair light | 3 | 12" deep or deeper w/ good drainage
Pumpkin | 20-27 C | good light | 1 | sow seed direct
Spinach | 15-19 C | cool shaded | 3 | 4" deep or deeper using rockwool or sane or perlite
Strawberry | 15-18 C | good light | 6 | troughs filled with gravel 6" to 8" deep
Tomatoes | 21-24 C | great light | 3 | rockwool w/ trellis or something to hold them up
Wheat | 60-70 F | good light | 8 | humus; significant moisture but not flooding
Zucchini | 24-30 C | good light | 0.5 | aggregate culture w/ constant supply of moisture

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