Comments on: Plant Spacing for Intensive Gardening Methods

By: shirley

shirley — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:07:44 +0000

I do square foot gardening and I love it. Easy to weed, almost no weeds. easy to harvest. I even grow sweet potatoes in containers. only one exception, my cucumbers never do well in the sun…if I keep them growing in the shade they do well. I am now trying to start my plants in an indoor greenhouse with rope lighting underneath the shelves for warmth.

By: Wolfenhawke

Wolfenhawke — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:19:09 +0000

Beets work well if you just sprinkle the seeds on your grow bed and lightly cover them. Thin the initial growth as salad greens. Then continuously thin as the beets grow. I sprinkle about 20 per square in. Lay drip irrigation small diameter hose at time of planting so you don’t have to wet the leaves during watering. The mature crop (still in ground) gets a little stressed when neighbors get harvested, but they recover within a half day.

By: AshleyDetroit10

AshleyDetroit10 — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:50:38 +0000

I personally Do plant 9 bush beans in a 5 gallon pot just kinda spread out, It worked wonderfully for my I Fully intend on doing it again this next season I try to run a test group when I try a new plant so I planted 9 cowpeas. I saved all of them for seed because I LOVED how well they did! this year part of my vertical will house all 380+/- seeds that were harvested. I use no chemicals on my garden AT ALL so that was pretty much just rain water and hose water and compost. Having them so close seemed to hold them up better when rough weather hit they were intertwined and messy and hard to really get into but it was WELL Worth it!
-Ash-

By: Keith R

Keith R — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:39:58 +0000

The seed packet plant spacing info is not that far off in general – just ignore the ‘row spacing’ distance and use the ‘plant spacing’ distance. No matter whose numbers you go by, you’re going to want to make adjustments from year-to-year, anyhow. And the seed packet numbers are at least specific to that variety, and since some varieties are more compact by nature (think about cabbage – ranging from varieties with 4-5″ heads, all the way up to the giant ones. I like the compact ones, and I space them 10″ apart, max, and if I remember right, that’s pretty close to the plant spacing listed on the packet. 15″-18″ wouldn’t apply to these varieties at all. Anyway, I just wanted to say, don’t be afraid to use the seed packet info as a starting place.

By: upper20

upper20 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:43:24 +0000

How did your growing bed do?what did u raise? Asking because I’m going to start building 2 double ones for one of my greenhouses on monday,have all things ready,I ‘m in the south so they should give me what I need to start flowers for sales in march.what U think?will it give me same results if I double up on lenght&width?thank you in advance for your help.