BarG
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This year I am putting about 210 plants in a plot about 25' x 60'. I figure about 8 rows with a 26" space between plants staggered between each row, with 3' row spacing. This ground has been unused for any type of farming for about 40 yrs, since it was used to grow corn before this area of land was subdivided.It probably is the deepest sandy loam on my property, Digging 2' down with a pitch fork is no problem and no clay.If what Bob says about the blackcow using 1 bag per 30 sq' then 1-1.5 bag per row tilled in a few inches a couple weeks before planting should be about right for a 60' row. Last years plot was only about 8-10" till I hit red clay. Last years plot is utilizing my best producing area for my tobacco [based on last years crop] and the rest for veggies and melons. I expect to put about 200+ plants there. I have been tilling and preparing both areas for about a month now. So far I have spread pellitized dolomitic lime early on and that is all as far as adding to soil conditions besides the rye grass on last yrs plot. The fresh plot was mostly bahaya and clover and spring flowers and weeds.
1st pic is new plot in fore ground with veggie garden in center and old baccy plot in far left.
2nd pic is old baccy plot with ,potatos,peas,beans, soon to be baccy and melons.
I plan to add more pics of my do over seed starts to edit this first post when I get my kodak program to respond properly.
Edit; Heres a pic after restarting on april 7th- 10th about for most of these, I had to bring indoors due to low temps. to date I have about 300 in seed flats. I have been keeping out doors with a light clear plastic cover under porch with partial sun to about 2-3 hours semi full sun, to shaded after noon time. The plastic seems to help keep the sun and wind from drying trays out to fast or wilting fresh transplants. I still have to be extremely cautious about transplanting sprouts to soon or getting any direct sun on new transplants cause they will wilt in a heart beat. I'm going for several cigar varietys as well as cigarette varietys this year.
BarG
1st pic is new plot in fore ground with veggie garden in center and old baccy plot in far left.
2nd pic is old baccy plot with ,potatos,peas,beans, soon to be baccy and melons.
I plan to add more pics of my do over seed starts to edit this first post when I get my kodak program to respond properly.
Edit; Heres a pic after restarting on april 7th- 10th about for most of these, I had to bring indoors due to low temps. to date I have about 300 in seed flats. I have been keeping out doors with a light clear plastic cover under porch with partial sun to about 2-3 hours semi full sun, to shaded after noon time. The plastic seems to help keep the sun and wind from drying trays out to fast or wilting fresh transplants. I still have to be extremely cautious about transplanting sprouts to soon or getting any direct sun on new transplants cause they will wilt in a heart beat. I'm going for several cigar varietys as well as cigarette varietys this year.
BarG
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