Guidelines for Spacing Vegetable Plants in the Garden for Highest Production

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  • @growingyourgreens
    @growingyourgreens  6 років тому +2

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    • @victorlee6258
      @victorlee6258 6 років тому

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    • @ChallengeTheNarrative
      @ChallengeTheNarrative 6 років тому

      Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens
      Hi John. It sure would be nice to see what you eat in your plant based diet. How do you cook them to be super tasty. What herbs n spices you mix in ☺
      Doesn't have to be a cookery video feed. A little gas hob in your garden, collect veggies and throw them in a pan sort of thing. How do you very your plant food diet so you don't get bord?

  • @marielefebvre5891
    @marielefebvre5891 6 років тому +1

    I’m glad that someone irritated you enough to make this video. I live in VA and it is always hot and humid and my garden is on a slope and it drains well, almost too well and my soil always get too dry. I cannot grow the tomatoes so close together because of pests and diseases. But you gave a lot of good ideas of other plants to put in between to “cover” the ground as a living mulch. I loved that! I just put my tomatoes in some wide rows and I’m going to plant basil, green beans and lettuce in between to cover the ground underneath to deter pests, provide more nitrogen and to create a living lettuce mulch. Wish me luck!

  • @MIgardener
    @MIgardener 6 років тому +9

    John, you are looking ripped! Loving your approach and reasoning.

  • @martysgarden
    @martysgarden 6 років тому +8

    The Pepper bed looks awesome, I plant many of my plants really close too,,but I understand the reasons why you should and shouldn't. I grow mine using companion planting following natures rules to reap the benefits.
    I guess you would say the method I follow is more along the lines of permaculture.
    Great that you brought out this video John
    All the best from Australia
    Marty Ware (small space gardening Australia)
    ps: Purslane covering the ground is so smart,,,bottom layer crop and more microbes.

  • @fonseca898
    @fonseca898 6 років тому +1

    This is also known as the "clumping" method, an intensive planting technique that is beneficial if you have hot summers and your pepper plants suffer in the daytime heat. Planting your peppers close together creates a dense canopy that traps cooler air below the leaves, which keeps the stomata open longer than standard plant spacing, and slows soil evaporation. There are a number of scholarly articles available on this topic.
    Another benefit is the plant branches support each other, meaning reduced or no need for cages or external supports. Is the yield lower? I can't say for sure, but I have been using the clumping method for years, and while the individual plant yield is definitely reduced, overall yield is the same or better, because you have more plants in the same area versus standard spacing.
    Good video John!

  • @brandonrogers6938
    @brandonrogers6938 6 років тому

    You have a great understanding of the spectrum between what's good and bad what one person says is good may not be good for the other. You do a great job of planting your plants. I have found some peppers spread out and some grow tall you need to know how your plants grow so you can put them in the right place.

  • @Hygeiainthedesert
    @Hygeiainthedesert 5 років тому

    Buying my tee tomorrow! Love your videos

  • @dw2854
    @dw2854 6 років тому

    Great Garden. I plant all my vegetable plants close also and grows perfect!

  • @smokeymcbongwater3561
    @smokeymcbongwater3561 6 років тому +2

    I grow my greens, thanks for all your great info,

  • @cynthiaprice3528
    @cynthiaprice3528 5 років тому

    Do what works best for you and your garden John. I trust your advice, I love your videos and watch them all the time. I don't care what anyone says I think your channel is awesome. Keep up the good work : )

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 6 років тому

    When I set small seed, like turnip, I put them in rows across the bed at 4" or the distance recommended for in row plant spacing, which ever is larger. Then, when I thin them out, it looks like a square foot gardening spacing.
    IMO, for a back yard garden and low tech maintenance, you feed the soil. The plant needs only enough room to grow so you just need to make sure plants are separated with the in row recommendations in all directions.

  • @MichiDavis09
    @MichiDavis09 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Please keep sharing! The complainers can kick rocks and find a life! 🌱

  • @ladybonezz8017
    @ladybonezz8017 6 місяців тому

    Lollll i love your funny personality and carefree style and just experimenting, trying things out. I have a smaller space too in the city so gonna try this ty so much 😊

  • @1jw298
    @1jw298 6 років тому +7

    Your garden, your choice. Just be you.

  • @flyty2134
    @flyty2134 Рік тому

    Good video thanks for sharing God bless you and yours.

  • @albinlagerkvist
    @albinlagerkvist 6 років тому

    Thanks I always thought the recommendations were a little odd. I did not follow the recommendations and planted my lettuce closer, worked out just fine

  • @GardenloveHomestead
    @GardenloveHomestead 6 років тому

    Hi john, this vidoe was perfect. I just got my 1st raise bed and this was rhe topic of mu video. Didn't know what is to much.

  • @williamwallace5707
    @williamwallace5707 2 роки тому

    If I have multiple ones growing in one space, should I pull the others and o ky keep one? Typically multiple seeds sprout, and Im wondering if it would be better to keep the area limited to a single one.

  • @0703la
    @0703la 6 років тому

    Really good episode! Thanks for sharing!

  • @robertantrim6908
    @robertantrim6908 6 років тому

    John nice info l live it LV. to do you have a prob with the hot summer sun for your beds. Thanks

  • @ahouseinthedesert2737
    @ahouseinthedesert2737 6 років тому

    Plz come up with your own desert gardening plant spacing guide!

  • @Ladycooks
    @Ladycooks 6 років тому

    Great video episode.

  • @garden4life622
    @garden4life622 6 років тому

    The recommended spacing for plants is very conservative not only with vegetables but with annual flowers also. I find that planting closer is just fine. Extra nutrients in the soil helps to make the veggie plants happy. And some leafy plants grow perfectly fine close together even without extra nutrients in the soil such as lettuce, kale, mustard greens, basil, parsley, cilantro...I like to scatter these seeds also and let nature take its course...

  • @aelobalthrop1413
    @aelobalthrop1413 6 років тому

    what about different plant species and if they are cooperative or competitive? I have a hugelkultur type garden in my back porch. which types of food crops are competitive or cooperative? ive got different types of plants i need to know if any are fighting eachother.

  • @plants4ever48
    @plants4ever48 6 років тому

    Excellent gardening information! 👍

  • @coolcattune
    @coolcattune 6 років тому

    hi john, what is the brand called for your mycorrhiza fungai that you use for sprincles on your root zone - cheers

  • @projectseverywhere856
    @projectseverywhere856 6 років тому

    Great video John, and yes it’s all about where you live. Down here in Deep South Mississippi we battle blight all the time. Constantly creating good air flow

  • @rivermount23
    @rivermount23 6 років тому

    How did you get your kale to look like a small tree. That’s so cool

  • @javicarranza7279
    @javicarranza7279 6 років тому

    My kale bolted on me so im drying the seed and i planted peppers in its place . plant my plants close becuase i got like 2 feet of dark beautiful topsoil below and i also train my plants up

  • @pokeshaunv2405
    @pokeshaunv2405 6 років тому

    Pre-ordered my shirt :-) you're the man John!

  • @thebeardedgrower4625
    @thebeardedgrower4625 6 років тому

    Great video john.
    I have a question you might know the answer to.
    Since it's not a good idea to put onions and garlic into a vermicompost bin does growing onions and garlic negatively affect the worms in the soil?

  • @nicacaoile2267
    @nicacaoile2267 6 років тому +3

    I love you John! I don't care what anybody says. You da bomb!

  • @pepperpotts1173
    @pepperpotts1173 6 років тому

    Copy the forest 101: The bed behind John and the peppers has tree collards as the canopy and a sub layer of edibles underneath. Question: what does "Full Sun" on a purchased tree or start actually mean? Will it need 6+ hrs of blaring sun or can a glimmer of sun through the leaves of a higher canopy for 12 hrs suffice?

  • @jackiehorsley9263
    @jackiehorsley9263 6 років тому

    Osem video John I understand what your saying I some times don,t necessarily plant my seeds to close toghther or fare apart I just let them fall where thay may

  • @plainjane3160
    @plainjane3160 6 років тому

    I love this! You hit the nail on the head! I also have limited space and also a limited season so I am guilty of overplanting but LUDICROUS is the perfect word, Mother Nature doesn't get out a ruler! If things aren't producing I can thin them out for sure but with my short seasons I can't go back and replant in time for harvest. I always overplant and am never sorry I did.
    Thank you for this!

  • @Jessicah256
    @Jessicah256 6 років тому +1

    May be a stupid question but do you have any weeding tips?

    • @seedilicious2936
      @seedilicious2936 6 років тому +1

      Jessica, Weed early and often. When plants are small a simple scrape of the surface will kill them, but when they get more established, their roots will dig in an make weeding a huge chore

    • @Jessicah256
      @Jessicah256 6 років тому

      Seedilicious what tool do you use? Or your hands?

    • @seedilicious2936
      @seedilicious2936 6 років тому

      I use stirrup hoe if they are small, I will also use a shovel or handpick if I let the weeds grow too big.

  • @HannahVilay
    @HannahVilay 6 років тому

    My mom came from the country land of Laos! She is an expert at planting, cause that's the only way they know how to survive. My mom plants her peppers closer too. Only like squash she gives it some space and she isn't using anything to measure! Every year we sell at the flea market in WI, beautiful Organic produce!!!!

  • @mio.giardino
    @mio.giardino 6 років тому +7

    Sorry BUT if a gardener can't watch a video to gather information from because it's TOO LONG then I shudder to think of them in the garden waiting for seeds to sprout 🤣🤣

  • @margaretkeays3434
    @margaretkeays3434 6 років тому

    It's all useful information John!...thank you!

  • @Nobodyreallyatall
    @Nobodyreallyatall 6 років тому

    I agree with most of what you say, and I like and relate to your ideas of filling up all available space and succession planting ideas. There are always different ways of doing things. Nature deciding spacing works both ways thou, as plants compete with other. As a gardener you also have control over what you can control, you can try to space so you get bigger plants with better quality food. That is part of the challenge of vegetable gardening. You seem a bit obsessed with seeing how much stuff you can fit, which is not a bad thing as you enjoy the challenge but sometimes you got to step back and compare quantity versus quality... can you do it better? Would you get less peppers with less plants? Probably not, you might even get more high quality ripened peppers. Or maybe the same yield. There are many different ways to garden. The only reason I see to plant the peppers so close is because of water conserving issues.

  • @javicarranza7279
    @javicarranza7279 6 років тому

    In northern illinois we have the opposite climate its crazy humid and has been raining really quiet a bit. Thanks for introducing me to curtis stone who introduced me to jon martin fortier who intraduced me to richard perkins and farmer brown . forget those negative people continue being a living example of what you want to see in the world and everthing else work itself out .

  • @poopypuppyproductions7409
    @poopypuppyproductions7409 6 років тому

    GREAT VID (as usual) Thanks John.

  • @danielapettus7693
    @danielapettus7693 6 років тому

    You inspired me to grow food you are awesome and you showed people that you know how to do it so who cares what they say

  • @Lyfesreal
    @Lyfesreal 6 років тому

    My dude is looking buff!
    Gym and gardening hell yeah dude!

  • @ruthp9557
    @ruthp9557 6 років тому

    Hey John. I thought you were in NorCal. Where are you? What happened to the NorCal house and garden?

  • @esquireeventrade4838
    @esquireeventrade4838 6 років тому

    Good video I was looking for something like this. I will be more chill with my plant spacing in the future. hehe

  • @javicarranza7279
    @javicarranza7279 6 років тому

    God bless john ive been a fan for long time. Kee up the good work. Definitely gotta get me one of those t shirts

  • @andreabitner405
    @andreabitner405 6 років тому

    I always heard that peppers liked to hold hands. To me they grow better close together.

  • @GoPappyGo
    @GoPappyGo 6 років тому

    Hey John, could you talk a bit about the water you feed your plants, like do you use city chlorinated water? or do you process it somehow?

    • @gavinmatthews5618
      @gavinmatthews5618 6 років тому +1

      He process it he has whole house system think he has done video on it , I just use basic charcoal caravan filter for my garden you can pick them up for next to nothing and will last you season.

    • @GoPappyGo
      @GoPappyGo 6 років тому

      Thanks Americanwillow

    • @GoPappyGo
      @GoPappyGo 6 років тому

      Thanks Gavin, I will look up that video.

    • @JosephLorentzen
      @JosephLorentzen 6 років тому

      Do you find shading new seed beds helps with germination? Having to do so in El Paso the last couple of years, but never did so a decade ago.

  • @kimberlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
    @kimberlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 6 років тому

    How do you maintain such a positive attitude! I'm sure the home grown healthy diet helps 😄

  • @catalinababy6068
    @catalinababy6068 6 років тому

    Nice beds
    Dont they fall apart in heavy rain
    Are they glued together

    • @CarlosSolis-wd3gx
      @CarlosSolis-wd3gx 6 років тому

      They look like brick and mortar. " Glued together " you really think that's what he did. Com'on stop trolling.

    • @catalinababy6068
      @catalinababy6068 6 років тому

      Carlos Solis im not a troll,im a custumer of his.
      Yes u can glue them w liguid nails.

  • @FOR8YESHUA
    @FOR8YESHUA 6 років тому

    Crowd spacing or natural selection?

  • @sir2022
    @sir2022 6 років тому

    As always, thanks for the good info John. I am ready for you to get out of a city and a desert. Get 5 or 10 acres in central Florida or somewhere that gets more rain than Las Vegas.

  • @georgecarlin2656
    @georgecarlin2656 6 років тому

    How about people who have a garden, not an area filled in with raised beds?

  • @ruthp9557
    @ruthp9557 6 років тому

    Just bought my tee!

  • @ChallengeTheNarrative
    @ChallengeTheNarrative 6 років тому

    Always thought the spacing on seed packets are over zealous. After all they are only guidelines on a lot of variables.

  • @ryanj4423
    @ryanj4423 6 років тому

    Lmao . A John Quoteable.
    "... A weed is only a weed - if you smoke it..."
    Happy Subscriber

  • @micaia93
    @micaia93 6 років тому

    U look so good and I love ur video's

  • @TKSMobley
    @TKSMobley 6 років тому

    Very logical 😊

  • @rdubbs854
    @rdubbs854 6 років тому

    RIGHT..

  • @Ladycooks
    @Ladycooks 6 років тому

    How many packs of pepper plants could you plant if you picked all the packs of pepper plant packs? hhee

  • @JamesNolasco
    @JamesNolasco 6 років тому

    Hey John, i could tell by your tone that the ig comment really bothered you 😅 perhaps some blue skullcap? lol

  • @emilybh6255
    @emilybh6255 6 років тому

    John - The sq/ ft. method has to be just a way to give people who have just fallen off the turnip truck a place to start. When you look at the garden from a Permaculture perspective, sometimes closer is better. You should know. Haven't you interviewed people with thriving ORCHARDS who planted TREES way too closely together who have thriving orchards?
    Nature is very forgiving. What man knows about Nature could fit in a thimble. Forget about criticisms from people who follow popular indoctrination about gardening. Just suggest that they might be brainwashed and accepting the mainstream information too readily without researching if it is really the truth or not.

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 6 років тому

    A weed is a volunteer plant growing where you don't want it to grow.

  • @abbikirk7197
    @abbikirk7197 6 років тому

    "a weed is only a weed if you smoke it"

  • @christianhansen3292
    @christianhansen3292 6 років тому

    dont have a phone or instagram. sorry.

  • @MissTheresaDANCE
    @MissTheresaDANCE 6 років тому +1

    People are funny. This isn’t your first rodeo lol 🙄😅

  • @Celestes_Nest
    @Celestes_Nest 6 років тому

    John you've been doing this for years. Really, who can tell you that your peppers are planted to close together? Really, who?

  • @kevinstanton7338
    @kevinstanton7338 6 років тому

    it's too long, and your plants are too close