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Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Hi everyone,
Haven't really posted much here, just been lurking and learning. Anyways, my question is in regards to patch size. Currently the patch stands at 48 feet long, 32 feet wide. Would I be able to grow two plants within that size of a patch? And if so, how should I arrange the plants? Thanks for any help you can offer. -Tim

2/27/2003 6:37:31 PM

Huntsburg,Ohio

Tim you can fit three in if at 500 Sq. Ft. a piece but if you are planting two plants you can put them back to back and let them get about 700 Sq. Ft. a piece. My spelling Better Guys

2/27/2003 6:51:54 PM

Sequim, WA

Killer is right, you could easily fit two or three plants in a patch that size as long as you manage the plants well with agressive pruning and terminating secondaries. I always seem to crowd mine, but you could get a longer main vine if you set two of them at opposite ends of the patch with several feet of offset and them grow them toward each other. Or you could put three of them in with shorter mains and secondaries by growing them in the Christmas tree pattern and had the plants fit the patch with two on the ends growing the same direction and one in the middle growing opposite like the interlocking teeth on a zipper.
VAV or >< with an offset. I hope this helps. And yes Clinton, your spelling has improved. (:oÞ)

2/28/2003 1:40:24 AM

Montoursville, PA

I've got a 25 X 55 which is similar to your patch. My thinking is a mother load of manure in the center of the patch this year while stagering two plants. Each will run about 33' in opposite directions planted about seven feet in from the long sides. Next year I will start at the two ends and have two mother loads of manure. This will alternate the major nursery areas hoping for at least some of the benefit of crop rotation. Will be able to keep different areas of the patch clean, open and at rest longer each year. A whole range of rebuilding including early spring cover crops may be considered every year.

2/28/2003 9:54:37 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

My patch is 42 x 60 and I will put four plants, two back to back 4' apart more or less in the middle and another two the same way, 18' apart from the first couple.
Don

2/28/2003 2:00:00 PM

Utah

I would grow 3 Christmas tree style plants each in a 16 x 32 plot. I'd plant the middle plant on the opposite side
of the patch than the two outside ones. ie- draw three Christmas tree triangles in a row then flip the middle one. This way your plants shouldn't run into each other till late in the season. and you can let some of your early secondaries get a little long than 8 ft if you want to.
If you only want to grow 2 then you want to take your patch and draw a diagonal line from one corner to the other. There's your two plots. Run your main from wide side toward the far side point, keeping the same distance one each side boundary.
good luck !

3/3/2003 1:48:08 PM