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Plant spacing in raised beds

17 years ago

It seems that all the seed companies assume that everyone is a row cropper. The directions always say something like "plant seeds four inches apart in rows that are one foot apart". Yet, I want to plant my seeds in blocks in my 4'x8' beds. So, how do you decide how to space your plants? I am inclined to plant every seed 4 inches apart, but that would make 9 (bean) plants per square foot. Will that work?

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lilion
17 years ago
Actually, you have exactly the right idea! You got the spacing perfect. Check out the square-foot-garden forum for more info, but here's a link to their spacing guidelines.

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Donna
Original Author
17 years ago
Oh, good! I was hoping you would say that! Thank you for your reply.
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