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Re: crowded plants

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On 02:47 PM 7/7/99 +0000, Melissa McCarthy wrote:

>> Alternately, you can turn this 10x4 area into 2 4x4 beds with a 2 foot path
>> between them, and plant peas in the "normal" orientation along the north
>> end of one or both beds (depending on how much you like peas).
>
>I was also under the impression that peas weren't supposed to be 
>planted in more than 4 rows together. Which means I wouldn't be able 
>to fill a 4 x 4 bed with peas and still have a good crop.... but I am 
>sooo new to all of this, I haven't a clue at this point! Someone 
>enlighten me!!! 

Aha.  When you plant peas in a square foot garden, you plant 8 seeds per
foot, so a 4 foot row gets 32 plants.  This puts out a LOT of peas.  So if
you do 2 4x4 beds with a 2 foot path between them, you have 12 squares in
each bed that remain where you can plant anything else that strikes your
fancy.

I've copied/modified/updated a square foot garden plot page, it's at:

	http://vo.cnchost.com/squarefoot.html

>Unless someone has a better idea, I think I will put 
>a long row of peas, 1 ft by 10 feet. I will throw a few carrots 
>around them, using short season carrots. I have lettuce and radishes 
>that also need to go in, and I would love to put some more beans in. 

You could do 2 4x4 plots, and lay it out like this:

North

row of Peas (1 foot by 4 feet)
4 squares of bush beans (1 foot by 4 feet)
large square (2x2)      large square (2x2)
of carrots (64 plants)  of lettuce (16 plants)

path

row of Peas (1 foot by 4 feet)
4 squares of bush beans (1 foot by 4 feet)
8 squares remain for other crops (like 
radishes, broccoli, etc).

South

You can also plant radishes around the lettuce when you plant the lettuce,
the radishes will mature and be harvested before the lettuces need all
their space.


>And if it doesn't work the way I hope, there's always next year!

Yep.  :-)

jc


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