Plant Spacing

An example of plants that are too close together. Air flows over the plantings and can’t flow through.

Plants that are adequately spaced, so that air can flow through and lower fungus or disease risk.

Two plants that are a good distance apart, where air can flow freely between them.

Plants that are planted close together, with fungus, disease, and pests moving from one plant to the next. Air hangs

Examples of different row and plant spacing.

Seedlings that are not thinned, which stunts their growth.

Seedlinds that have been thinned, which lets them grow to a proper size.