Re: beans


Grem, Beth A wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>   I'm planning on planting bush beans this year for the first time, and want
> to do the square foot thing, but I just can't picture 9 plants per square
> foot.  Wouldn't that create a crowded tangled mess?  What spacing do you
> use?  I plant in raised beds, rather than rows.
> Thanks,
> Beth (MD zone7)


Beans do well in a crowded, tangled mess.  I plant peas even more
densely.  I plant in a band 4-6" wide and no pea seed is more than 1"
from the ones around it.  

Steve  (Maritime...)



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