Re: SqFt Planting Spaces

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• Subject: Re: SqFt Planting Spaces
• From: K* K* <k*@earthlink.net>
• Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 14:34:08 -0800
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Joe Hemmens wrote:
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> 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 :).

        I don't know about that, parsnips are notoriously hippy :-).
Seriously, however, my understanding is that the wider spacing between
rows is to allow workers and equipment to get down the rows.  In Sq Ft
gardening, you don't need the extra space because of the way the garden
is laid out.

        Hopefully others can answer your other spacing questions.

Kat
In sunny So. Cal. (Z10/S18)

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