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I just got done reading this book and am wondering if folks here have tried some of the author's suggestions. For example, he talks about using wide spacing because he says that this ensures that the plants have more area to get water from when you are not using irrigation. Has anyone tried this wider spacing? I was thinking of having a separate plot to try some of his techniques.
What he said about OP varieties especially intrigued me. He says that a lot of OP varieties of veggies have been ruined because the wholesalers have focused on hybrids and have not maintained the lines of OP cultivars, which have degenerated and now include all sorts of plants that don't produce well or even at all. He used to run Territorial Seed, so I suppose he has experience with this matter. He especially picked on De Cicco broc, for instance. I actually tried this last season and I must say it was a total bust; a lot of plants made no buds whatsoever, but I was not sure if it was me or what. I myself have been focusing on using OP varieties for years, but the stuff I have grown the most of is inbreeding anyhow (like tomatoes, pepper, eggplants, etc.), so hybrids are not a big deal.
Just curious what others experience has been using any of his ideas in growing.
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