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TOPIC: Distance between seedlings in raised bed

Distance between seedlings in raised bed 15 May 2014 03:33 #1238

CindySebetes OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 22	I received organic vegetable seedlings with instructions for "Distance if Planting in Raised Beds". For spinach, the instructions read, "4-6 inches on center". Can someone please explain what this means?
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 15 May 2014 11:37 #1239

HFI_Matt ~ Humble Servant ~ OFFLINE ADMIN Posts: 927 Good Job(s): 108	I'm not really sure what that means, I've never heard that term before. Maybe they are assuming that you have a standard 3 foot wide raised bed and they want you to put it in the center of the bed? To me that is a huge waste of space. I think you will be fine as long as you space them out 4 to 6 inches apart:)
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 15 May 2014 16:19 #1240

CindySebetes OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 22	Thanks, Matt. I was worried that it was a stupid question, but if even you don't know what they mean, I guess it wasn't! I'll just keep them 4-6" apart.
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 15 May 2014 17:59 #1241

HFI_Matt ~ Humble Servant ~ OFFLINE ADMIN Posts: 927 Good Job(s): 108	They always come up with there own way to telling others:) It could be something but I never do anything like that when growing spinach. Now I want to spinach salad!!
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 16 May 2014 19:05 #1247

rsmith OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 36 Good Job(s): 10	My husband is an engineer and I have heard this phrase many times. It means 4-6 inches from the center of one plant to the center of the next plant. So I would guess the center of say a tomato would be the stalk. Hope that helps.
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 16 May 2014 19:07 #1248

rsmith OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 36 Good Job(s): 10	I see it was for spinach. So 4-6 inches from the center of the plant not the edge of the leaves.
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 17 May 2014 01:18 #1252

HFI_Matt ~ Humble Servant ~ OFFLINE ADMIN Posts: 927 Good Job(s): 108	Thank you!! There you go Cindy:)
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 18 May 2014 06:37 #1266

CindySebetes OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 22	Thanks! Good to know!
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 25 May 2014 11:40 #1327

Panda OFFLINE Expert Member Posts: 95 Good Job(s): 41	Yea I was thinking if you plant the seeds 4 to 6 inches apart. I agree that it is the center of the plant if you are planting sprouted plants. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask.
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Distance between seedlings in raised bed 06 Jun 2014 17:49 #1504

CindySebetes OFFLINE Junior Member Posts: 22	Here are two pictures of the same spinach plants, only 10 days apart. I'm so happy they grew a lot in just 10 days!
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