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| gramax18 |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 2:09:01 PM
I would like to know how the rows in the garden should be planted? Should they run north/south or east/west? Or does it make any diffrence. I have read in one place that it should be e/w. Have any of you found that it makes any diffrence?
Just thinking about next years garden.
Thanks for any ideas.
Elinor |
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| 4HMom |
Posted - Aug 01 2009 : 08:44:49 AM
My garden is in boxes and there aren't any rows! :)
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| asnedecor |
Posted - Aug 01 2009 : 08:15:26 AM
I guess I never followed the rules - mine run east/west, north/south, se/ne, sw/nw and all in between. Everything seems to grow just fine as long as they get a good amount of sun and water.
Anne in Portland, OR
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 7:13:22 PM
Oldtimes used to say East and West and that way you optimize the sunshine. The sun could shine down the rows. I have mostly planted that way but it really doesn't seem to make a difference. MB
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 6:25:33 PM
We have always gone east-west, come to think of it. Never have thought about it really, just worked it that way.
Kris
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 3:00:26 PM
ditto I have corn both n and s and e and w every thing is doing great.
Diana
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| 1badmamawolf |
Posted - Jul 31 2009 : 2:18:01 PM
My main garden, the rows run N/S, my kitchen garden, the rows run E/W , it wasn't planned that way, its just how it ended up. Both gardens due very well, so I don't know, nor have I heard, that they should run one way or another.
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