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SqFt Planting Spaces

Hi,

Thank you John and Melissa for making Sqft information available on
the WWW.

However I have a few questions about planting spaces because I'm a
bit confused.

Firstly,  I've always wondered about the planting spaces given in
'conventional' gardening books.  Why do they often give non-square
planting spaces eg,  Parsnips,  6-9in apart,  rows 15in apart?  I
don't think that Parsnips produce roots twice as wide in one
direction than the other :).

Secondly,  although I'm speaking from a position of ignorance,  I
have trouble in believing some of the Sqft spacings.  Onions for
example at 16/sqft,  the same as for radishes.  I can understand the
radish spacing,  but how big would the onions grow?  Obviously not
more than 3 inches wide.  My 'conventional' gardening book suggests 6
x 12 inches,  or a mere 2 per sqft.  Can I expect good results
planting at 8 times this rate?

Then again garlic,  if garlic is to planted at 4 or 9/sgft why not
onions?  I would hope to be able to grow larger onions than garlic.

Same with leeks,  if I plant them 4in apart will they grow to full
size?  This is 9 times closer together than my 'conventional'
gardening book.

Any comments much appreciated.

Best wishes

Joe Hemmens




> Toni- I have a section on SqFt Gardening (take the SqFt path) on my page. It
> links to a SqFt spacing page by Melissa Silvestre and her archive of the
> lists posts, the SqFt teachers manual by Lila Ralston. It has some pictures
> of SqFt gardens and other SqFt information. Check it out and let me know
> what you think.
> Farmer Brown's Garden Path
> http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/index.html
> -john
>
>
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