[CH] Intensive Planting
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:47:13 -0500
Hi All –
Hopefully y’all aren’t getting too tired of my questions yet. I am
attempting to grow many more chile plants this season than ever before.
Last year (my first from seed), I grew about 40-50 plants. In the years
before that, I grew 10-12 plants each year. This year, I should have
upwards of 200 chile plants. How quickly a nice little hobby can get away
from you….but, I digress.
I realize that many of you will grow 10 or 100 times more chiles than I will
this year, but I am having a problem nonetheless. My problem is: where the
@$%* am I going to put all of these plants?!? I remember reading on this
list some time ago that there was once a study that showed planting at
18-inch spacings decreased yield relative to 12- or 24-inch spacings
(counterintuitive, I know). Have any of you worked with very intensive
plantings? I mean, six to eight inches apart? I have heard of folks doing
this with gardens in general, but not specifically chiles.
At any rate, if anyone has experience with this type of planting or if y’all
have any other suggestions to maximize space in my garden, I would be most
grateful. Thanks again.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of CEE
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w <http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w>
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