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a question for the no diggers

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ACE:
I have recently filled my new raised beds with several tons of well rotted, inadvertently making me a no dig gardener. I don't have the room I used to have on the plot to grow masses of crops, so instead of a pint of broadies  I got a small packet, there were still more than I need to fill one of the raised beds. So are  the planting spaces  the same or can I cram a few more in the enriched beds, there is between 15 to 20 inches depth of manure on carboard over the natural soil level. The beans will not go in yet as I grow them in carboard pots first. I'm going to have the same problem with the onion sets soon.

Obelixx:
As I understand it you can grow everything more closely together in raised beds filled with fertile soil and compost.   However, you may get smaller crops, especially with brassicas such as Savoys and caulis which will produce smaller heads - no bad thing when there are just the two of you.

Tulipa:
Yes, raised beds with good fertile soil as yours is can be planted closer together just as Obelixx says except for brassicas. Gives us much more per square foot from vertical croppers :)

Tee Gee:
If I was faced with this problem I would plant out my plants in a chevron pattern rather than straight rows. This would ensure that each plant would get maximum growing space.

Deb P:
I grow most things closer than advised and get good results….I recommend Caroline Foley’s book ‘ How to plant your allotment’ which looks at the research behind planting patterns  and spacing and how to manage beds to get the optimum crops year round.

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