Yeah Len,
Its experimental for me. I am always looking to buck the trend.
Its interesting to play with the unconventional. What's gospel gardening and
works for some, may not be known to plants, which behave in their own
peculiar ways. Mulching with intense intense gardening, may not be as
necessary, as the plants would tend to shade each other, and then again,
nature mulches itself from what I've seen. Hardly the scene for a vegetable
garden which tends to be temporary and seasonal and natural mulch doesn't
tend to gather.
Seeds sold by good suppliers would tend to germinate at the rate of **%, as
they have been tested in that batch. ** Would be the figures they state.
After a time the rates would become inconsistent.
I agree that 80% is a high figure that may not be reached unless all the
right conditions are met, as far as moisture depth of planting etc, but I
feel that if you take in the percentage viability, it should be a guide.
That isn't so much a problem.
But I suggest like me, try it. Its fun doing something you've always done
the same way differently.
I remember when I was courting, ah well we wont go into that....but you see
what I mean...
Now get back to work.......
Seed viability link
http://tinyurl.com/b9xha5
"len gardener" wrote in message
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g'day jonno,
to each his own, we have about 180sq/foot of garden space all the
space we have.
you typed this:
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.
um unless they ahve some magical way of making seeds germinate this is
a bit pie in the sky, it may only call for 2 of a certain plant but to
get that you may need to plant up to a dozen seeds to ensure you get
2.
and you save lots of time, working about one hour per 4'x4' grid.
exept for planting time which then time spent is determined by how
many seedlings i am planting out usually around 4 to 8, we wouldn't
spend one hour a week in our gardens.
als i wonder at how mulching can be accomodate in an intensely planted
system, mulch that is very much needed for moisture retention as well
as keeping the root runs cooler in hot summers. mulch that also
delivers nutrients at the same time.
we buy seedlings so we have no thinning to do anyway, and we are
guarnateed the amount of plants we need, save that extra time need to
keep seeds viable and then to germinate them to a size where they can
almost stand alone.
our beds don't need any solid edging most square footers i have seen
rely on edging.
just some things to balance the scales.
len
On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:32:28 GMT, "Jonno" wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,
len & bev
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