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Re: Vertical Trellis Spacing

In the book, only the northern edge of the square has a trellis.  that 
way they don't shade each other.

Ron

>Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:22:55 -0500
>To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
>From: Norm Cramer <cramer@dseg.ti.com>
>Subject: Re: Vertical Trellis Spacing
>
>At 09:03 AM 5/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>[snip]
>> I used the plant spacing recommended   
>>in Mel's  book.  My concern is that with the close spacing (there is a
>>trellis traversing the raised bed about every foot along its length) 
some   
>>of the crops will be shaded out by others.
>>
>
>I have a similar setup for my vertical crops.  Yes, the inside ones do 
get
>some shade but seem to do OK.  I think they would be easier to maintain 
if
>I didn't put vertical crops next to each other.  This year I have 
tomatoes
>in the front, an empty row for fall peas, a row of catelope, then a row 
of
>cucumbers (all 4ft rows in the same square).  I'm confident that the
>cucumbers and tomatoes will get enough light but not sure about the
>catelope.  I've moved my gardens this year so won't know for sure till 
fall
>how it works out.
>
>Norm
>
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