It doesn't take much room to grow your own fresh ingredients for homemade salsa. Just follow this easy salsa garden container planting plan.
Make your own salsa using fresh ingredients from this planting plan. Plant yours with two tomatoes, or try tomatillos for salsa verde. Onions, cilantro, and peppers round out the sweet and spicy Latin flavors.
If you want to expand your garden, place two 4 x 4 beds symmetrical on either side of a 3 to 4-foot path, wide enough for you and your tools. Try an Easy Summer Garden or Pepper Garden for the second bed.
Planting the 4 x 4-foot Bed
Take inspiration from these planting options. The plan allows for some interpretation depending on your taste. These plants are pictured small to make the illustration simpler, but your bed will be spilling over as the plants grow! Following spacing on the plant labels, adding a few more plants than we have pictured if the spacing allows.
Area 1 – Cilantro and Onions
• 4 Cilantro
• 22 Red onions
• 10 White onions (we used Georgia Sweet)
Area 2 – Peppers
• 1 Jalapeno pepper (with cage or trellis)
• 1 Red Bell pepper (with cage or trellis)
Area 3 – Tomatoes or Tomatillos
Choose either tomatoes or tomatillos. You must have two tomatillo plants for cross-pollination.
• 2 large red tomatoes (such as Celebrity or Amelia, with cage or trellis) • 2 Tomatillos (with cage or trellis)