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Square Foot Gardening

Posted on 12. Apr, 2007 by Tracey in How to Grow Veg, My Veg Plot

Well it seems there is an actual documented technique to what I was doing with my 16 cubes/squares on my plots without me even knowing it, its called Square Foot Gardening written by Mel Bartholemew.

I was wondering whether I had spaced my seeds rows too close together as some of the seed packets say 30 inches between rows which is a bit excessive on a rasied bed with not alot of space. Earlier today I was reading a post on the BBC Gardening Forum and the Square Foot Gardening concept was mentioned.

So for example this method suggests that your plot should be divided into 16 squares (or in my case rectangles) and the spacing should be as follows:-
One plant per Square for large plants like Broccoli, cabbage etc,
Four plants per Square for medium plants like lettuce,
Nine plants per square for spinach
Sixteen plants per square for small plants like onions, carrots etc.

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