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Re: Thinning

There's a book called "The Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew.  It's
approach is to do just that, plant exactly what you need in the space;
rather than doing the thinning thing; as it saves time.  I've been using
this technique for two years now, and it really works well.  It saved me
time (knowing how many and where to plant) and the garden yields increased
since I didn't "cram" too much together. 

Rene.

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> From: Ross E Stanford <stanford4334@juno.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Thinning
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 10:30 AM
> 
> Thanks to everyone about the transplanting question.  Now I have
> another basic question.
>      It seems that every planting instruction tells you how many seeds to
> place per 
> foot, and then how to thin them.
>      1.  It seems to me that just about all of my seeds grow.  So why
> don't I just plant
> them to the final spacing?  Maybe 2 seeds per space, just to make sure. 
> (My only
> guess is that you thin to get the best growers)
>      2.  When it says to thin to, say, one foot apart,  If I save only
> the best plants, 
> they are not evenly spaced.  What is best?
>      3.  Do others really feel bad like me when they thin seedlings?
> (This is Stan, not 
> Evil Stan).
>       Thanks
> 
> Stan.         The cheap and lazy gardener.
> 
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