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Old 28-01-2007, 01:27 PM
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SS - four seeds per hole? Isn't that overkill, especially if you've already pregerminated them? Or do you mean put one seed at each corner of the 1ft square planting hole?
This was a tip from a bean growing chum, and the most successful method I've tried to date. It's possible, but they seem to do well growing into a mat of bushy beans - am I kidding myself to think this is intensive planting

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Always plant in a grid, not a line.
I do share bean seeds out among the planting holes to make a complete grid at each sowing, so there are sometimes three to a hole

Worth experimenting and comparing yields ... but somehow I haven't got round to that yet. What do other grapes think?

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