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Basil and things with different watering requirements in SQFT

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What I don't understand is how you can give some things more water and some
things less(like basil when you are trying to water the garden, Have the
raised beds in and everything planted- but the 1 cup of water per week thing
isn't going to work- they start to look droopy after a couple of days- so Am
going to use soakers(?good?/bad?bear with this newbie please)My herbs are in
my raised beds with my veggies- it almost make sense to have put all the
stuff that needs a lot of water and the stuff that needs lees in different
beds- but then I had a hard enough time just making sure that plants that
hated each other didn't have to live next door to each other and figure out
how to get the ones that got along on the trellis in the right order!> My
basil- maybe I could just put it somewhere else- the plants around itneed
lots of water- How do I keep it dry- Boy I thought I had done my homework
but I feel so dumb- . Am seeding other plants in flats becasue I know I will
lose some things- one melon just disappeared. Got up and walked away it
seems.-Teri
----- Original Message -----
From: <BRITATHRT@aol.com>
To: <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Potatoes (now basil)


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> In a message dated 04/25/2000 2:40:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> stoba@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > They talk about growing a 4'x8' bed of 7 kinds of basil, spaced one per
> >  square foot.  That seems a little sparse to me.  Anyone have a
different
> >  basil spacing?  They also suggest snipping off the growing tip at
> >  transplant.  That seems a bit early to do that doesn't it?  They show a
> >  picture of snipping when there are only about three sets of leaves on
> >  plant.  I guess it worked though, the late season picture was full of
> >  beautiful basil.
> >
> We grew Basil..just one king though 2 years ago..it really DOES need 1 per
> sq. ft spacing.  The plant got to a ht of 1 1/2 - 2 ft and very bushy (the
> more you snip it back the bushier and fuller it gets)  We even dug it up
in
> the fall (hey it wouldnt' die back after the frost) potted it up, brought
it
> in the house, and kept it going until we could plant it out in the
spring..we
> got another whole season out of it until the drought and heat got to it in
> late August
> Margaret
> zone 6 1/2 Maryland
>
>
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