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The Cook wrote:
.... The directions on my purchased green soybean seeds say: "Any good garden soil will grow soybeans. After last frost in spring, sow about 6 -10 seeds/ft., 1" deep, rows 15 - 30" apart depending on method of cultivation. Reduce seeding rate somewhat for more narrow row spacing. Thinning is not necessary." Sounds pretty much like most beans I have grown. 4 inches minimum between plants. rows a foot apart is fine. after they get going you will not be able to walk between the rows anyways, but the plants support each other so having them too far apart means they might get blown over. if you want a pathway you'll need 5ft at least. plants i grew this year went over a three foot spacing (strawberries and row of wax and green beans next to the strawberries, soybeans in the middle) and still flopped out over into the surrounding pathway. i've already decided next year to plant the soybeans in two bigger patches (instead of the seven small patches i did this year) because they overgrew so much of the plants around them. they can lean on each other. i'll probably double my productivity of the other bean patches this way. songbird |