Dense planting in earthboxes

dshreter · July 11, 2022

Every year I have seeds for more cultivars than I really have room to plant. Without dedicating too much space, I’m interested to find a way to trial new ones all the way to fruit to decide if they deserve one or more full spots in future growing seasons.

One idea I had was to grow four plants as a single stem side-by-side in an earthbox. My thought is without letting any additional suckers grow, I could pretty efficiently grow four plants.

Has anyone tried something similar? I know the standard rec is two plants but I’m curious what I could pull off with judicious pruning.

July 11, 2022	#1
dshreter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2019 Location: Seattle Posts: 58	Dense planting in earthboxes Every year I have seeds for more cultivars than I really have room to plant. Without dedicating too much space, I’m interested to find a way to trial new ones all the way to fruit to decide if they deserve one or more full spots in future growing seasons. One idea I had was to grow four plants as a single stem side-by-side in an earthbox. My thought is without letting any additional suckers grow, I could pretty efficiently grow four plants. Has anyone tried something similar? I know the standard rec is two plants but I’m curious what I could pull off with judicious pruning.