[CH] Reply to Intensive Gardening Question
The NorthEast ChileMan (thenortheastchileman@attbi.com)
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:16:57 -0500
Hi Matt,
Only 200? Wait untill your Chile Pepper Seed Package arrives, you may have
to modify that number.
Major Snippage from your post:
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.
I've been using Mel Bartholomew's *Square Foot Gardening* for years. The
basic premise is: More Plants=More Fruit. The traditional rows separated by
3' with 2' spacing between plants in row is great for allowing sunlight to
reach individual leaves which allows each plant to reach it's highest
fruitset potential per plant. Mel's method is to "stuff" more plants in a
given area & you will get more fruit from less area because you have more
plants. Below are a bunch of websites, & there are more:
http://members.primary.net/~silvest/garden/sqft.html
http://www.squarefootgardening.com/
http://www.aristotle.net/~shicks/sqft/
http://www.farmerbrown.org/sqft.html
http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/16723/seminar
http://journeytoforever.org/garden_sqft.html
http://cac.uvi.edu/staff/rc3/garden/sqft.html
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/sqfoot/
If that's not enough, Mel has a few books:
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=247267&ad=58182
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=3228578&meta_id=1
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=257622&meta_id=1
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=3316548&meta_id=1
I totally agree with Nels in the raised bed & drip tape under plastic mulch
method. When your working with a four foot wide raised bed that has 1 plant
per square foot, trying to weed is tough & water reaching soil because of so
many plants reduced.
If you have any more questions about my specific methods, feel free to ask!
Yours in heat,
Paul