plant spacing Flashcards
1
Q
name a crop that is effected by plant spacing
A
Carrots. If they are planted close together they will be smaller. Wider spacing will allow for bigger carrots.
2
Q
How do you produce ‘baby’ vegetables?
A
Close spacing. The plants will be smaller but it may produce a higher yield.
3
Q
How does spacing create uniformity?
A
Giving each plant the same space to grow encourages all plants to end up the same size.
4
Q
What kind of spacing should be used to maximise crop potential?
A
Close spacing creates smaller vegetables but a higher overall yield. Wider spacing creates larger vegetables but less of them.
