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Old January 12, 2016   #18
Dark Rumor
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Originally Posted by carolyn137 View Post
My question is......how are you going to grow them in your raised beds, by staking, by caging, etc, b/c that does make a large difference in how many plants and how far apart,

With the 8 X 7' garden if you don't leave a central pathway running down the middle I think it's going to very difficult for you to have to get inside that bed to fertilize ,water, and to prune if needed, especially if staking plants.

Carolyn
I use cages, I am debating on how many suckers I should leave, if any?
Any thoughts?

As far as watering I use a soaker hose. I can generally work my way around the plants to do the pruning and fertilizing.
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