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  • #31
    http://www.mysquarefootgarden.net/wp...arden_Plan.jpg

    16 beets per square seems extreme.

    I experimented with 9 and 12 per square last year and I'll definitely be sticking with 9 this year as 12 was a bit tight.

    Although I suppose you could always thin some smaller to eat and leave the remainder more room to grow?

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    • #32
      They do say that golf ball size beets are the tastiest so 16 would not be extreme. It all depends how big you want them to grow.
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      • #33
        As has been said before on this thread, After last years 'experiment' with SFG I am also increasing the size of my squares especially for the lettuce as I munch through tons of it in the summer and even with successional sowing, I was coming up short. Not doing courgettes or squashes as they took over, even allowing them to tumble onto paths.

        The biggest benefit from last year was ease of weeding and lack of any pests - I didn't see a single slug or snail and after doing a tidy up earlier in March of all the beds ready for this year, no sign of anything (other than worms that came in with the manure ) in the soil.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Alan G View Post
          http://www.mysquarefootgarden.net/wp...arden_Plan.jpg

          16 beets per square seems extreme.

          I experimented with 9 and 12 per square last year and I'll definitely be sticking with 9 this year as 12 was a bit tight.

          Although I suppose you could always thin some smaller to eat and leave the remainder more room to grow?
          12 might be a problem but 9 is ok as it has a square root!!

          Loving my allotment!

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          • #35
            Hi
            I did 16 beets per square foot and hope to harvest every other one small, and allow rest to go a bit bigger.
            Like Francesbean I have excluded courgettes from my square foot beds due to size too - will have a go at growing them on pots suspended from the fence as I have seen examples of this on the net. I only have a small garden so it would save a bit of space, and maybe avoid the slugs.

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            • #36
              I got my little plot the other week and as it is smaller than a whole allotment space is going to be a big thing for me. Ive read loads about this square foot gardening and think it is going to be my best option. Meter squares will fit round the plot quite well and i do like things neat lol!!!! I am doing 120 x 200 sized oblong boxes which i ran reach into quite well with a few paths around. I'm in the planning stages of where to plant everything and i have started wondering if certain vegetables would benefit from bring planted nearer each other? It is my first year of having a plot.... i'm normally a container gardener!!!!!!!!!!!

              Selene
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              • #37
                Hi.... wish I had as much space as you! good luck with your new plot

                My first year doing square foot gardening too. Have two 4ft square beds and I took account of "companion planting" when planning what to plant where.

                just did a quick google and found this link which explains it.

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants
                Last edited by cazp; 15-04-2012, 08:21 PM.

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                • #38
                  Hi, Am replying after putting new thread on with regards to exactly what you've already started.
                  I have a 6' by 8' part of my plot left and I intend to try planting as much as I can into that space as is veggally possible ! Will let you know how I get on. Some of the things are quite big veg ordinarily, though, so will be interesting to see the results :0

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                  • #39
                    This method is a big experiment for me too this year to get as much out of my small space as I can.

                    So far 9 overwintered broad bean plants seem happy in one square foot and not too cramped, as do 4 overwintered garlics in another square ( I want big bulbs), 8 pea plants to a square seem ok, but they are still small..I wonder how it will work with all squares planted up with full size plants.
                    Last edited by cazp; 16-04-2012, 10:40 PM.

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                    • #40
                      I find the SFG system is a great way to help with correct spacing.
                      I am station sowing everything now at 1, 4, 9, 16 and dont worry about measuring/guestimating distances. Here is my chart

                      SFG makes finding weeds a cinch and they pull out so easily in the open soil.
                      A middle sized bell cloche fits over one square and the grid can be used to hold them down.
                      Working a small square at a time makes my gardening mangeable.
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                      Last edited by eospete; 17-04-2012, 10:45 AM.

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                      • #41
                        Agree, so manageable - so far anyway, but this is only my first year!

                        About the spacing, I find it is also useful to refer to the spacings given on the seed packet too (noting the distance given between plants, not distance between rows) in case a bit more allowance is needed for a particular variety being gown.

                        Peas were a strange one. Some square foot gardeners say 8 plants per square, with 4 along the top of the square and 4 along the bottom. I did this, but wonder if 9 arranged throughout the square in the usual way would have worked just as well.
                        Last edited by cazp; 17-04-2012, 02:00 PM.

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                        • #42
                          i'm doing square foot gardening but in 1 sft pots... i plant in one as experiment 18 peas..this is my first year to grow my own and i tought about 9 peas per square but double row.. all of them are germinate so i let the grow and will see.. i know i have to becarfull with the watering because they will be very thirsty all 18 in 1 pot... it can be better if a bed as water is more available

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by cazp View Post

                            Peas were a strange one. Some square foot gardeners say 8 plants per square, with 4 along the top of the square and 4 along the bottom.
                            I wondered if these folks are growing the peas around the square edges around sticks? I'm growing 8 in a circle around a cylinder of chicken wire.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by eospete View Post
                              Here is my chart
                              Oo that's a nice chart. I don't do square foot per se (I have 3 x 15 feet beds) as I don't have a grid, but I don't plant in rows. This is handy for that also, even if it's multiples of squares instead of a patchwork of squares.
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                              • #45
                                SFG and intercropping?

                                Intercropping works with row gardening.

                                I cant see any reason why it would not work in SFG.

                                As such I have plannted radish plugs between my 3x3 spaced mammoth onions. Radish probably only have3-4 weeks until harvest from first true leaf stage so I reckon this should work. Aslo plantedaround the square for a single baby sorrel plant.

                                Anyone tried SFG intercropping?
                                I checked Mel's latest book but he makes no mention of intercropping.
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