Plant Spacing with my Measuring Stick

There's an awful lot of gadgets pretending to be useful tools that you can pay a fortune for. This measuring stick cost next to nothing, just a bit of old scrap wood and a marker pen.

Most things tend to be spaced at either 4" (100mm) or 6" (150mm) or multiples of those. For example, potatoes can have the rows 2' apart. Rather than guessing or messing about with a tape measure I made myself a measuring stick marked out as I want to do the job.

It really didn't cost me anything but it's been far more use than most of the gadgets I've bought over the years to help me garden and grow more. Here's exactly how I marked it out and use it.

Allotment Growing Video Tips

A selection of short videos helping you to grow better with practical hints and tips from John Harrison.

• Starting Garlic in Pots
• Growing Cucumbers in a Pot
• Greenhouse Watering - don't shock your plants!
• How to Hoe - types of hoe and how to use them
• Efficient Watering Saves Water and Gives Better Plants
• Plant Spacing with this cheap measuring stick
• Planting out Leeks
• Propagating Strawberries from Runners
• Sensible Slug Pellets
• Storing Potatoes
• Thinning the Carrots
• Grow Extra Tomatoes from Sideshoots

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