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Dear Friends- I tried to defend sqfting on a tomato-growing list I recently joined. Did I miss anything important? lol!!
 
bill missen.
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Subject: [TomatoFanatics] : Sq Ft gardening

In essecence it is crowding plants, to get more plants
per sq ft.

Be advised that in humid or bug infested area's this may not be the
best choice.

Byron
 
 
Byron- You may have a good point Byron. My own sqft beds have not suffered from humidity or bugs infesting the veggies but I live in Alberta where it is not normally humid.
 
On your other point I would suggest that crowding plants is not the point of sqfting. Time-saving of back-breaking work is the main point in sqfting. If I may, I would like to point out a few of the benefits of an easy to use time-saving system:
 
Sqfting uses small beds because they are quick and easy to prepare.
 
Sqfter's plant in one-foot squares instead of rows becuase rows are a inefficient use of space.
 
Sqfting plants one seed per hole with no labor intensive-thinning needed later in the year.
 
Sqfting beds are easy to keep completely free of weeds because they are small and easy to reach from every side.
 
Sqft soil is always soft and high in soil-air because we never walk on the soil.
 
Sqfter's replant harvested spaces (one-foot squares) quickly and easily during the growing season, with soil amendment part of the replanting process.
 
Hope this helps explain modern sqfting,
bill missen.

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