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Post by Songbird on Jan 1, 2006 12:15:32 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2006 16:32:54 GMT -6
Hmmm How to describe???
Well the space I had was small and I wanted a high yield so I started researching and found this method of planting where instead of spacing out my rows, I planted in blocks(1footx1foot,2feetx2feet etc).
By planting closer together I was able to get more stuff in a small space!
This also led to less weeding and watering,the leaves of the plants grew together to form a canopy which produced a miniature atmospere or microclimate.
An example, Lettuce, instead of planting leaf lettuce in rows I would broadcast my seed over an area about 2x2.
When it grew to maturity I cut it as needed foe daily salads!
Better example,Beets
I would plant my beets in short rows(2foot) abour 4 inches apart, as the beets grew the leaves would grow together and look a mess but underneath my beets were forming nicely and as soon as they would grow to where they were touching (root to root) I would harvest.I grew more beets in a 4sq ft area than pop did in a 32 ft row with less work!
Plus I plan, and rotate veggies so there is never an empty space.
Ill try an find the book I got an see if it has a better explanation!
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Post by trudy on Jan 1, 2006 18:45:17 GMT -6
Sounds like square foot gardening. You just make a biggr square if u need to. Thats what I do, works great. Or have I missed something here? trudy
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Post by Songbird on Jan 3, 2006 20:00:14 GMT -6
Sounds logical, but, if you make too big a square, you'd have to trample it to get to anything in the middle... sooo keep them small, huh??   |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2006 20:44:41 GMT -6
Kinda a little of both Trudy.
Song ,I make patches or areas that I can step into.Flat rocks or stepping stones.
Now that I have more land I will do 4-6 mini-gardens for my usual stuff and will add bigger sections as needed.
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