Posted by Jonno on February 4, 2009, 5:32 pm
Found this the other day. Looks good Further info (I will ignore the other
"information" so I will stay reasonable sane)
http://www.nepanewsletter.com/square.html
a..
a.. Using the square-foot system, you give up the long rows of the
traditional garden. You virtually eliminate thinning,
you save tremendous amounts of seed, and you save lots of time, working
about one hour per 4'x4' grid.
a.. Each of your 4'x4' grids produces an average of 126 plants per year.
Each grid is divided into 16 units of 1'x1', in which you can grow a
different crop.
a.. The average square-foot garden for a family of four takes up 160 square
feet. A conventional garden for a family of four goes 800.
a.. Overplanting is one of the biggest causes of frustration and failure.
But in a square-foot garden, instead of planting most of your seed packet,
you plant only one or two seeds per alloted plant space. Planting an entire
packet and then thinning takes twice as long as the single-seed method. In
addition, the single-seed method produces a stronger crop that matures
earlier. Have many seeds are contained in a common packet? For cabbage it's
560; carrots 1,550; lettuce 1,975. With proper handling and storage, 80% of
these will sprout. What a waste.
Posted by Jonno on February 4, 2009, 5:48 pm
I was referring to the referring site which mentions cataclysmic events.....
> Found this the other day. Looks good Further info (I will ignore the other
> "information" so I will stay reasonable sane)
> http://www.nepanewsletter.com/square.html
> a..
> a.. Using the square-foot system, you give up the long rows of the
> traditional garden. You virtually eliminate thinning,
> you save tremendous amounts of seed, and you save lots of time, working
> about one hour per 4'x4' grid.
> a.. Each of your 4'x4' grids produces an average of 126 plants per year.
> Each grid is divided into 16 units of 1'x1', in which you can grow a
> different crop.
> a.. The average square-foot garden for a family of four takes up 160
> square feet. A conventional garden for a family of four goes 800.
> a.. Overplanting is one of the biggest causes of frustration and failure.
> But in a square-foot garden, instead of planting most of your seed packet,
> you plant only one or two seeds per alloted plant space. Planting an
> entire packet and then thinning takes twice as long as the single-seed
> method. In addition, the single-seed method produces a stronger crop that
> matures earlier. Have many seeds are contained in a common packet? For
> cabbage it's 560; carrots 1,550; lettuce 1,975. With proper handling and
> storage, 80% of these will sprout. What a waste.
>
Posted by terryc on February 4, 2009, 8:46 pm
On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:48:46 +0000, Jonno wrote:
> I was referring to the referring site which mentions cataclysmic
> events..
Oh dear, another one of these survivalist sites with how to survive by
guardening. What were they selling?
Hint, if it doesn't have pictures of all the stages, including
mistakes, then it is a fraud by someone who grows nothing.
Note, there is never any mention of important inputs like water and how
much you need.
Posted by Jonno on February 4, 2009, 10:18 pm
Oh, come on, you're being cynical.
I've always been of the opinion that planting out a whole heap of seeds for
them to come on all at once is a pain, as too much is wasted.
Instead you plant every week, progressively till its producing and reducing
the plot on foot at a time.
Seems sensible to me...
As far as watering goes, that depends on conditions....
BTW they were selling a book....
So everything would be mentioned there, but it still seems an OK idea.>> I
was referring to the referring site which mentions cataclysmic
events..
> Oh dear, another one of these survivalist sites with how to survive by
> guardening. What were they selling?
> Hint, if it doesn't have pictures of all the stages, including
> mistakes, then it is a fraud by someone who grows nothing.
> Note, there is never any mention of important inputs like water and how
> much you need.
>
Posted by Loosecanon on February 5, 2009, 9:21 am
> Oh, come on, you're being cynical.
> I've always been of the opinion that planting out a whole heap of seeds
> for them to come on all at once is a pain, as too much is wasted.
> Instead you plant every week, progressively till its producing and
> reducing the plot on foot at a time.
> Seems sensible to me...
> As far as watering goes, that depends on conditions....
> BTW they were selling a book....
> So everything would be mentioned there, but it still seems an OK idea.>> I
> was referring to the referring site which mentions cataclysmic
> events..
>>
>> Oh dear, another one of these survivalist sites with how to survive by
>> guardening. What were they selling?
>> Hint, if it doesn't have pictures of all the stages, including
>> mistakes, then it is a fraud by someone who grows nothing.
>>
>> Note, there is never any mention of important inputs like water and how
>> much you need.
>>
I have the book. It is pretty straight forward and the writer has done
gardening shows in the US. Get it out from your library or put in a request
card there should be one out there you can borrow.
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> "information" so I will stay reasonable sane)
> http://www.nepanewsletter.com/square.html
> a..
> a.. Using the square-foot system, you give up the long rows of the
> traditional garden. You virtually eliminate thinning,
> you save tremendous amounts of seed, and you save lots of time, working
> about one hour per 4'x4' grid.
> a.. Each of your 4'x4' grids produces an average of 126 plants per year.
> Each grid is divided into 16 units of 1'x1', in which you can grow a
> different crop.
> a.. The average square-foot garden for a family of four takes up 160
> square feet. A conventional garden for a family of four goes 800.
> a.. Overplanting is one of the biggest causes of frustration and failure.
> But in a square-foot garden, instead of planting most of your seed packet,
> you plant only one or two seeds per alloted plant space. Planting an
> entire packet and then thinning takes twice as long as the single-seed
> method. In addition, the single-seed method produces a stronger crop that
> matures earlier. Have many seeds are contained in a common packet? For
> cabbage it's 560; carrots 1,550; lettuce 1,975. With proper handling and
> storage, 80% of these will sprout. What a waste.
>