You have great flexibility and many options for spacing plants efficiently and effectively. Aiming for the most production of food and foliage from any area, at any time.<br /><br />Time is a big moving goalposts because some plants mature quickly and vacate space so you can group other parts quite closely towards them. Because you know that they won't be there after a certain time.<br />This saves space and increases harvests.<br /><br />It really helps that you grow No Dig because then fertility is stronger and weeds are fewer. This gives you a blank canvas to paste on at any time including by intercropping and overlapping plantings.<br /><br />#nodig #growyourownfood #nodiggardening <br /><br />Filmed by Nicola Smith on 12th May 2023, at Homeacres no dig garden.<br /><br />00:00 Introduction <br />00:12 Potatoes, with catch crop of turnips between<br />00:39 Spinach, soon to finish<br />00:53 Carrots, with a catch crop of radish<br />01:24 Cabbage, and problems with growing <br />01:39 The benefits of multisowing, with beetroot as an example<br />02:26 Lettuce plants, which will be interplanted with carrots, and why no dig helps with interplanting <br />03:14 Sweetcorn, with wide spacing<br />03:54 Cumin, planted between garlic<br />04:11 Multisown chard, and size options when growing <br />04:52 I demonstrate interplanting chard between garlic<br />05:36 A look at a small bed, full of plantings to maximise space<br />06:10 More onion examples – bulb and spring<br />06:55 Multisown leeks in module trays, soon to be potted on<br />07:28 A variation on interplanting in the polytunnel – garlic between tomato plants<br />07:51 Clearing salad plants from the polytunnel, then spreading compost – mushroom on top of horse manure from hotbed<br />08:18 I explain the garlic interplanting <br />08:44 Dwarf French marigolds (one eaten by woodlice) – good for filling gaps and the space at ground level<br />09:21 An example of using over-winter space – a bench over recently cleared salad plants for growing transplants, including strawberry plants<br />10:05 Melon and pepper, soon to be transplanted – well-spaced<br />10:38 The importance of leaving enough space between plantings <br /><br />See my Spacings Knowledge Pack https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/spacing-why-its-important/<br /><br /> My latest growing book https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/no-dig/<br /><br />More on multisowing, interplanting and spacing in Skills for Growing, available as an online course: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/skills-for-growing-online-course/<br /><br />And in the digital version of my book: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/skills-for-growing-digital-version/ <br />(Print version back in stock soon: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-skills-for-growing/)<br /><br />And multisowing info in this knowledge pack: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/propagation-seeds-sowing-and-multisowing/<br /><br />You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:<br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join
