Farm Design - Design One (Ver 2.1)
In our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we will address some of the queries we have raised in our previous blog namely Farm Design - An Overview. We will focus mainly on the spacing for Trees as well as on the spacing for Open Spaces. Also, we will discuss on the Generic v/s Standard (Specific) Spacing. First, we will discuss on the options in the spacing of trees. Either we can go for Standard (Specific) Spacing or Generic Spacing. The Generic Spacing between Plant-to-Plant is 10 ft. If we go for Standard (Specific) spacing, then the individual plant will dictate the spacing. For eg., Coconut needs a standard spacing of 25 ft. Secondly, regarding the Open Spaces, it is advised to have 12 ft between the rows of the plants. Again, the Open Spaces can be 24 ft, 36 ft, 48 ft etc (can be any number of ft and not necessarily multiples of 12) and this depends on the individual needs of the farmer and the plant they grow as well. We have ...