Topic: Spacing between rows (different varities)

[AndrewP]

Hello everyone. :)

I think I am having a dizzy moment here, but I remember reading somewhere (I think) that If you add the spacing between rows of one variety to another and then divide by 2 this will help in working out your spacings of rows on your plot

Basically I am new to all this and sometimes have been stuck as to how I can work out spacing my seed sowings.

From experience I have ended up with big gaps between my rows especially by my potatoes and beans, I have grasped the spacings of each variety in relation to its own type but not with another type?

Has any one got any feed back on how best to work out spacing between different kinds of veg? so that next year I don't end up with gaps where I could of fitted in another row?

 ???

Thanks Andrew.

[wardy]

Do you know it's something I've never thought about let alone worry about  ;D

Chill, that's an order  :)

In a minute a clever bloke called Aiken will come along and put you right.  You can bank on it.  ;D

[AikenDrum]

The gaps between your veg is called ground. It's the stuff you walk on while hoeing and tending to your little lovlies     ;D

[terrace max]

Hi Andrew

I don't plant in rows  - it's much simpler and more space efficient if plants are grown in blocks.

[Mrs Ava]

I plant in blocks, rows, or scatter free and easy and everything does fine and dandy!  If I find a large gap as plants grow, I see it as another planting opportunity and fill it with something fast growing like radish and salad, or slim like spring onions.  ;D

[Derekthefox]

I plant in rows, because I can cope with straightish lines. The gaps are either 12 inches (most crops), 2 feet (brassicas), or 3 feet (beans and potatoes). Where crops meet, I let the larger size predominate.

If you are struggling for space, then you should consider intercropping, and perhaps successional sowing to spread the use of your ground.

Derekthefox :D

[redimp]

Where crops meet, I let the larger size predominate.

That's about what I do.

[Meg]

Am a block person couldnt do a straight line if I tried. Ilove the way the straight liners look but I like a bit of variety.

[Derekthefox]

But a block is only a cluster of straight lines ... ? No-one said they had to be parallel ...

Derekthefox :D

[undercarriage plan]

I start with rows, progress to blocks and end up with a general free for all..... ::)

[growmore]

Am  I reading this right DTF? 3 ft between yer tatty rows  :o  ... Jim

[Derekthefox]

Ridge top to ridge top. Yes, one long stride for me, which is 3 ft, certainly more than 2ft 9in. I have always taken this as standard for second early and maincrop potatoes. The first earlies may be a shade less, perhaps 2ft 3in.

Derekthefox :D