Vegetables to Plant Per Person Cheat Sheet

This gardening cheat sheet for you that lists how many of each vegetable you should plant per person. For example, broccoli is 1 per person so if you have a family of four you will most likely need to plant 4 broccoli plants. These numbers are just averages so you might want to plant more if you are planning on canning tomatoes, making pickles from cucumbers, making basil pesto or you just really love a certain vegetable!

These numbers do not take into account succession plantings, so if you want enough carrots to feed your family throughout the year you should plant the indicated number whenever you do a planting.

Common Vegetables

Bean - Bush		20 per person
Bean - Pole		20 per person
Beet		10 per person
Broccoli		3 per person
Cabbage		3 per person
Carrot		15 per person
Cauliflower		3 per person
Corn		6 per person
Cucumber		2 per person
Eggplant		2 per person
Garlic		5 per person
Lettuce		4 per person
Melon		2 per person
Onion		15 per person
Parsnip		5 per person
Peas		20 per person
Pepper - Hot		2 per person
Pepper - Sweet		4 per person
Potato		15 per person
Pumpkin		1 per person
Radish		7 per person
Savoy		2 per person
Spinach		4 per person
Squash - Summer		1 per person
Squash - Winter		1 per person
Strawberry		3 per person
Tomato		4 per person
Turnip		4 per person

Common Herbs

Basil		2 per person
Chicory		2 per person
Chive		4 per person
Cilantro		3 per person
Dill		3 per person
Fennel		4 per person
Garland Chrysanthemum		0 per person
Mint		2 per person
Mustard		4 per person
Oregano		1 per person
Parsley		1 per person
Rosemary		1 per person
Sage		1 per person
Savory		2 per person
Sorrel		3 per person
Tarragon		2 per person
Thyme		2 per person

Uncommon Vegetables

Amaranth		5 / person
Artichoke		1 / person
Arugula		3 / person
Asparagus		3 / person
Avocado		1 / person
Bamboo		0 / person
Bean - Winged		0 / person
Bean - Yardlong		0 / person
Broccoli Raab		1 / person
Brussels Sprout		2 / person
Burdock		2 / person
Cardoon		2 / person
Cassava		2 / person
Celeriac		2 / person
Celery		4 / person
Chard		4 / person
Chayote		1 / person
Chinese Cabbage		2 / person
Collard		4 / person
Cress		5 / person
Crosne		1 / person
Endive		4 / person
Fiddlehead		1 / person
Fig		1 / person
Grapes		0 / person
Jerusalem Artichoke		2 / person

Jicama		1 / person
Kale		3 / person
Kohlrabi		5 / person
Lamb's Lettuce		4 / person
Leek		10 / person
Malabar spinach		0 / person
Malanga		1 / person
Mushroom		5 / person
Nasturtium		2 / person
Okra		2 / person
Olive		1 / person
Purslane		3 / person
Radicchio		4 / person
Rhubarb		2 / person
Rutabaga		3 / person
Salsify		2 / person
Scallion		6 / person
Scorzonera		1 / person
Sea Kale		1 / person
Shallot		5 / person
Soybeans		20 / person
Sweet Potato		2 / person
Taro		1 / person
Tomatillo		2 / person
Water Chestnut		1 / person
Yam		2 / person