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Re: Planting intervals

At 04:02 PM 5/19/98 -0700, JC Dill wrote:
>So I planted by memory.  I planted corn and peppers at 1 square each.  I
>have 5 tomatoes with 2 squares each, is that right?

Corn - 1 per square according to The Book; up to 4 per square according
       to others
Pepper - 1 per square
Tomato - trellised (indeterminate only) 1 per square;
         untrellised, 4 squares per plant (2 x 2)

>I still have cantaloupe, cucumbers, and soy beans to plant.  All will be
>supported on trellises, how much soil do they require each?

Cantaloupe - 1 per square
Cucumber - 1 or 2 per square

>Can I plant a zucchini among the corn, and allow it to trail off into a
>weed patch next to the raised bed?  If it won't cohabitate with the corn,
>how much soil does it require if I plan to train it to trail off the raised
>bed into a non-cultivated area?  Ditto for Pumpkin.

Unless you have an unusual variety, zucchini won't trail at all.  According
to The Book, it requires a 3 x 3 area, or 9 squares.  A friend told me his
wife's required a whole 4 by 4 block.  Pumpkin does trail, and since it is a
type of squash, it should cohabit nicely with the corn.  As i have grown
neither corn nor pumpkin, someone else will have to give you further details.

The list administrator has compiled a list of spacings at

     http://members.primary.net/~silvest/garden/spacing.html 
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