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Rob G writes:
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| My trusty Mr Hellyer says rows at 4 ft and plants at 1 ft (he's old so
| he's allowed to use imperial), whereas I've just looked at the RHS
| website and they say 30 to 45cm for the plants and 45cm (18") for the
| rows with the plants staggered. This row spacing is significantly
| different such that I can get in many more plants with the RHS method.
| This is obviously desirable but is such a close spacing going to be as
| productive ?

Yes. The 4' is for access. I would use 18"x18" if enough space,
and 1'x1' if not.

I am old enough that I remember when imperial measurements weren't
based on metric ones - and that isn't as old as you might think :-)
You did know that the inch isn't what it used to be, didn't you?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.