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   BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:18:09 JST BowserNoodle ☦️
   I need some horticultural knowledge ASAP. Is there some type of online reference for "Setup [plant species] X inches apart in Y fashion (how deep, full vs part sun, how much and when to water) with complimentary and competitive species listed? I have sprouted a bunch of veggies and want them to succeed this year. It's too early to plant outside, but I will put them indoors for another week to three under a grow light.
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     missjanedoe🤍✝️ (missjanedoe@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:21:21 JST missjanedoe🤍✝️

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     Maybe this will help? https://gardeninminutes.com/blogs/easy-growing/plant-spacing-chart-square-foot-gardening
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:36:14 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @reallyangry I accidentally threw out the seed packets :whyMelt: i know they're heirloom variety but not the specific brand or varieties. Gonna look it up on the store's website and hope it's listed.
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     annoyed (reallyangry@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:36:15 JST annoyed

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     @BowsacNoodle seed packets will give you all that info right on the back brotehr.
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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:39:08 JST Flick ??

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     @BowsacNoodle RHS.org.uk

     Or just ask!

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 05:39:08 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @Flick I was trying to avoid total freeloading since I lost my packets and wanted good general info. Not sure if the soil is decent in this property due to age of the house, but hopefully it's mostly unleaded. I could go raised bed but the spot I was looking at is full sun from noon till 7 pm and is fairly high water table without much competing grass or other plants.
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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 06:06:02 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @reallyangry >Baby Roma tomatoes
     (14" apart)
     >Early Fortune cucumbers
     (no idea how to grow cucumbers)
     >Zucchini (I think it's Cocozelle)
     No idea how to plant these.
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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 06:06:40 JST Flick ??

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     @BowsacNoodle But I doubt you’ll find a useful guide of the type you describe: too much variation even within species, eg I like two pak choi varieties, one about three inches high and six squared and another about six inches high and three squared.

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 06:38:20 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @Flick Makes sense, thanks. Any issue with planting these temporarily in an 8 inch deep plastic tray? I will relocate them in a few weeks when I'm past frost risk, but they came up way bigger than expected in their Peat moss starters.
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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 06:38:21 JST Flick ??

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     @BowsacNoodle @reallyangry Cucumbers most like to climb: build them a frame on the south side of the space. Zucchini sprawl, put them at the edges and guide them away from the other plants.

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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 06:38:21 JST Flick ??

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     @BowsacNoodle The “rules” about plant spacing assume you are creating a monoculture bed. Polyculture is both more interesting and more healthy (both for disease and for nutrients). If you mix the plants up, you can largely ignore crop spacing rules. This winter, I had a French tarragon survive outside, much to my surprise: I assume the kale planted much too close (by “the rules”) sheltered it.

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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 09:57:23 JST Flick ??

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     @BowsacNoodle No issues, but individual pots are better if you have space. Less root disturbance when you plant them out.

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     BowserNoodle ☦️ (bowsacnoodle@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 10:02:32 JST BowserNoodle ☦️

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     @reallyangry I was told peacocks are good for guarding hens as well. I used to drive by this guy's house next to my buddy's house and he had peacocks out, often stuck in the trees like goobers.
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     annoyed (reallyangry@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 10:02:33 JST annoyed

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     @BowsacNoodle asked my mom if she wanted a goose while i was at tractor supply she said "absolutely not" i was like "well you know a goose raised witht he chickens would protect them " i'm joking anyways, but a goose actually would be a good guard bird.
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     Lykanthrocide (lykanthrocide@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 12:30:46 JST Lykanthrocide

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     @BowsacNoodle @reallyangry peacocks are very loud and obnoxious in my experience. Louder than chicken roosters.
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     annoyed (reallyangry@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 12:31:04 JST annoyed

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     @BowsacNoodle PEA FOWL
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     annoyed (reallyangry@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 07-Apr-2025 12:31:04 JST annoyed

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     @BowsacNoodle bedtime birds
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