Bed packing / plants-per-bed by spacing


Enter bed length × width (or total sq ft), path/edge waste, packing style, and pick 1–6 crops with typical in-row × between-row spacing (inches). You get usable sq ft after waste, an honest floor plant count per crop, and an overcrowd warning if footprints exceed usable area.

Calm framing: spacing charts are planning aids, not promises. Tomatoes want airflow. Squash sprawls. Balcony trays are not the same math as a raised bed. Numbers are soft suburban packing ranges — not a CAD layout.