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Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:59 am**

Posted: **Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:51 pm**

Pictures are worth a 1000 words. I think videos are worth several times more than 1000 words. Big companies have learned new better ways to plant crops, they have to because they are planting several 1000 acres every day & harvest 1000 acres ever day. Home gardeners can baby their plant but some of us have small gardens need to learn ways to save space. I do lots of garden experiments but I am learning things from videos that save me lots of time and work.

BEANs are planted in 1000 acre fields with row spacing 6" apart and seed spacing 2" apart. I have planted 7 rows of beans in a 3' wide row = beds, this is an amazing home garden space saver not planting 7 rows 32" between rows. Interesting thing 7 rows is a 600% increase in crop compared to 1 row and a 600% reduction in home garden space.

POTATOEs are planted in 1000 acre fields with row spacing 8" apart with cutting 8" apart. 5 rows vs 1 row is 400% increase in crop and 400% reduction in home garden space.

TOMATOE seeds are planted like grass seed in 1000 acre fields. Determinate tomatoes all get ripe at the same time. We can do this at home in 3ft wide rows or wider any length row you want. I might want a 3ft wide row 40ft long row ripe all the same day for canning tomatoes or selling at farmers market. But I also want a few plants that puts tomatoes on the table every day for 6 months.

Onions, Garlic, Carrots, can be planted in wide rows = beds to same space. I have planted garlic in beds for years they do well if I can keep grass & weeds out. Carrots do well too if I can keep grass & weeds out. My 6"x6" rows are much easier to weed than 4"x4" rows. I should try 4"x6" rows.

PEAs are planted like grass seed plants climb & vine all over each other they are harvested with a machine like a combine. We can do this at home it saves lots of work not have cages or fence for plants to climb and no rows.

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1000s of acres of Vegetables Planting & Harvesting.

1000s of acres of Vegetables Planting & Harvesting.

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