Questions about yield for a school project

[teegee]

Hello there!

I want to say as an intro that I am a complete beginner about farming/cropping and that what i will write may be super wrong

I am currently doing a project for school and in order to verify my assumption about some vegetables yield I wanted to ask you if the numbers I found are actually possible.

Type of Vegetables	Space required per Plant in centimes/ squared	Number of unit produced per plant	#of day required to grow	#number of harvest per season
Broccoli	20	1	60	2
Radishes	20	1	30	2
Carrots	5	1	30	2
Cauliflower	15	1	60	2
Potatoes	15	5	100	1
Spinach	10	1	10	2
Tomatoes	20	15	50	2
Cucumber	30	1	60	2
Beans	40	25	50	2

Then by analysing how much space is available where we have to do the project and the average weight of each vegetables I computed a number of possible seasonal outcome.

Cold please someone tell me If my assumption are correct and in a good order of magnitude or if those number are completely wrong ?


Thank you very much, have a nice day !

 

[solo]

Try the moles seeds website. It will give some information in their cultural guides.

 

[Flat 10]

I think the densities are way too high. If you explain your working on your homework, including sources I don’t think they will worry about specifics.

 

[cousinjack]

Space required for cauliflower seems on the low side... id double that figure..

Unsure on the rest..

Good luck with the project

 

[Bongodog]

Figures seem to be totally out of synch, a radish takes up far less space than a cauliflower or broccoli, doubt a carrot will grow to maturity in 30 days. As said earlier look at Moles seeds website

 

[Colin]

Carrots will do 150t/ha gross with 1,500,000 seeds

 

[Bogweevil]

Hello there!

I want to say as an intr....
Thank you very much, have a nice day !

Here you go - for Southern England, different if you live in a hot country, don't bother with outdoor tomatoes, cucumbers, French beans if you have the misfortune to live in Scotland:

Type of Vegetables	Space required per Plant in centimes/ squared	Space between rows cm	Number of unit produced per plant	#of day required to grow in Southern England	#number of harvest per season
Broccoli	45	60	1 plus sideshoots	120	2
Radishes	5	25	1	60	5
Carrots	5	25	1	120	1
Cauliflower	45	60	1	140	1
Potatoes	30	70	3kg	150	1
Spinach	15	30	1	90	3
Tomatoes (grown on sticks outdoors)	45	90	5kg	150	1
Cucumber (outdoor)	45	90	4	120	1
Beans – dwarf French	15	45	25	120	2

 

[Cab-over Pete]

On a slightly different subject @teegee , you’ve found some information that most would presume to be correct. Well done for questioning that and having the forethought to find a forum of knowledgeable people to verify the information.

It’s seems to be incorrect according to the members here so you’ll get the right figures and hopefully be a step or two ahead of those that found info and just presumed it was right.

Good work, can’t fault you.

 

[Wooly]

Ditto the above comment................. perhaps you could become a journalist for the BBC. They appear tp pluck information out of thin air and make up the rest !!

 

[renewablejohn]

Obviously the figures are still way out if your talking commercial growing in polytunnels or glasshouses.

 

[teegee]

Thank you all for your replies, its very appreciated ! I want to be the more exact possible in my project and no spread misinformation just to have a good grade
have a nice week end everybody !