Plant In A Row

[big rockpile]

I planted some Beets in a Raised Bed and started planting in rows.

Then said the heck with it a broadcasted.

Well the ones I planted in a row look great but the broadcasted not so good. HMM!

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[Tetters]

If I plant anything it HAS to be in rows. and they HAVE to be nice straight rows, so that a hoe will fit in between nicely, but Zigs puts stuff in all willy nilly - probably just to niggle me. The trouble is, his stuff does better than mine. That is just one of my excuses to leave the vegetable growing to him, while I just play with my flowers

 

[Anniekay]

Every veg has it's optimal root run area. If you plant stuff too close together the plant is fighting for nutrients with the other one that is in it's way. I do square foot planting a lot, so long as the plant needs a foot of ground for it's roots, that is. Otherwise I try to follow the recommended spacing for that type plant. If I put too many too close, I just thin them later.

 

[big rockpile]

Every veg has it's optimal root run area. If you plant stuff too close together the plant is fighting for nutrients with the other one that is in it's way. I do square foot planting a lot, so long as the plant needs a foot of ground for it's roots, that is. Otherwise I try to follow the recommended spacing for that type plant. If I put too many too close, I just thin them later.

Oh Beets will be thinned for greens.

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[olly-buckle]

I reckon if you get them thinned and spaced right with the right amount of earth on they should do as well broadcast as in rows, I have never seen anything growing naturally in rows.

 

[Tetters]

I reckon if you get them thinned and spaced right with the right amount of earth on they should do as well broadcast as in rows, I have never seen anything growing naturally in rows.

Yes maybe Olly, but I have a tidy mind. Not only that, on one occasion when I planted beetroot in blocks instead of nice tidy rows, I was hoeing the weeds out, and suddenly realised that I'd removed and killed half of my plants by mistake.

 

[Anniekay]

Yes maybe Olly, but I have a tidy mind. Not only that, on one occasion when I planted beetroot in blocks instead of nice tidy rows, I was hoeing the weeds out, and suddenly realised that I'd removed and killed half of my plants by mistake.

I use my handy-dandy grapefruit knife when I plant in blocks, it gets right up between the plants, but I have raised beds. I can't see how it would word for weeding veg in the ground

 

[Tetters]

I use my handy-dandy grapefruit knife when I plant in blocks, it gets right up between the plants, but I have raised beds. I can't see how it would word for weeding veg in the ground

Yeah - especially at my age getting down there is no problem but getting back up is another story.

 

[Anniekay]

Yeah - especially at my age getting down there is no problem but getting back up is another story.

I know !! I was having knee problems but since I started taking collagen powder in my coffee every morning, my knees don't hurt anymore !!. We, at 60+ years old, only produce 10% of the collagen we did when we were young, the collagen supplement works better than glucosamine condroiton for joint pain. Even my elbow where I tore a tendon doesn't hurt any longer !! Great stuff !!

 

[big rockpile]

Yeah - especially at my age getting down there is no problem but getting back up is another story.

Yes like me in the Greenhouse. I tripped and fell in a Raised Bed of Lettuce and Radishes.

I couldn't get up so at first I called my wife, no answer so called my son. They came got me up.

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