{"id":650040,"date":"2010-02-01T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=141091"},"modified":"2010-02-01T09:55:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:55:29","slug":"benefits-of-single-row-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/650040","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of single row planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently looked at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/benefits-of-wide-row-planting\/\">benefits of wide row planting<\/a> in the home vegetable garden and now it&#8217;s time to look at single rows which is one option when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/plan-your-vegetable-garden-space\/\">planning your garden space<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of single row planting&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tall plants like corn fare better in single rows. I hear that tomatoes are a much better single row than wide row crop, although single rows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/growing-tomato-plants-in-containers\/\">haven&#8217;t helped me much with tomatoes<\/a>. Carrots always work better for me in single rows. Any plant with large sprawling vines such as cucumbers and squash are best planted in single rows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141094\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images3.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/02\/single-row-planting-in-the-home-garden.jpg?resize=590%2C367\" alt=\"single row planting in the home garden\" width=\"590\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I personally think single row gardens look cooler and are more soothing &#8211; for some reason there&#8217;s something so chill about being able to walk between rows of growing veggies. I know that aesthetics is a lame reason to plant in single rows, but if your goal is a charming old fashioned and tidy looking garden then single rows might be the way to go. I like tidy. If I had all the space in the world in my dream garden plot along with more time to water and weed (and maybe a garden helper) I might plant mostly single rows.<\/li>\n<li>Your back may suffer due to wide rows. Depending on how wide your blocks are, you may have to lean over a considerable amount of the time to pull weeds, catch pests or harvest. If you have knee or back issues I highly suggest single or double row planting &#8211; or better yet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/unique-raised-garden-beds\/\">raised beds<\/a> or try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/wally-living-wall-system-vertical-garden\/\">vertical planting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Technically there&#8217;s also double row planting, but the benefits are mainly the same as wide row (i.e. helpful from a space perspective) &#8211; just on a smaller scale. The one benefit double rows have over both single and wide rows is your ability to run a soaker hose down the middle of the rows which is an efficient way to water. You can also dig a shallow furrow in between double rows when you&#8217;re planting, then run water down said channel to water.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also block gardening which is pretty much like wide row gardening (in fact often now these styles are used interchangeably) but the blocks are a very specific size and the same distance across in both width and height. To learn more read the classic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squarefootgardening.com\/\">Square Foot Gardening<\/a>. Overall most home gardeners I&#8217;ve met use a combination of various planting styles but one style tends to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What method do you like best? Single rows, wide rows, ft. by ft. blocks or a mixture. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[image via stock.xchng]<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/benefits-of-single-row-planting\/\">Benefits of single row planting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently looked at the benefits of wide row planting in the home vegetable garden and now it&#8217;s time to look at single rows which is one option when planning your garden space this year. Benefits of single row planting&#8230; Tall plants like corn fare better in single rows. I hear that tomatoes are a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2J6w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}