seed spacing

9 Seed Spacing Mistakes That Kill Crops Before They Mature

March 29, 2026 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

Planting seeds seems simple: poke a hole, drop a seed, cover it, and wait for magic. But gardens are brutally honest, and seeds will either thrive or send a silent, leafy death note if you mess up the spacing. Crowded seedlings compete like overambitious neighbors, stealing sunlight, water, and nutrients, leaving nothing for anyone. Too…

How To Get Plant Spacing Right

May 25, 2021 by Steph Coelho Leave a Comment

When I started gardening over a decade ago, I was so excited to grow things that I would cram many seedlings into tiny spaces. My first garden was my pride and joy, but looking back on it, I made so many mistakes. Mistakes are good! They help you learn. But some of them are entirely…

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How to Prevent Weeds From Taking Over Fall Garden Beds

By October, it is tempting to look at a fading garden and declare weed season officially over. Unfortunately, chickweed, henbit, dandelions, bindweed, and other winter annual or perennial weeds may have very different plans, and ignoring them now can mean considerably more work next spring. The University of Illinois notes that fall is an especially…

The Right Fertilizer Timing for Cool-Season Lawns

If your lawn struggled through summer heat, your first instinct may be to grab a bag of fertilizer as soon as the weather cools down. That’s not necessarily wrong, but cool-season lawn fertilizer timing matters almost as much as what’s inside the bag. Grasses such as tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and fine fescue…

How to Overseed Thin Grass Before Winter Dormancy

A lawn that looks thin after a long summer doesn’t necessarily need to be torn out and started over. If plenty of healthy turf remains, overseeding thin grass can fill bare patches, improve density, and help crowd out future weeds for considerably less money than installing new sod. Timing matters, though, because grass seedlings need…

How to Winterize Drip Irrigation Before Hard Frost

A drip irrigation system can save hours of hand-watering during summer, but leaving water trapped inside vulnerable components all winter can turn that convenience into a spring repair project. When water freezes, it expands, potentially damaging valves, filters, fittings, pressure regulators, backflow devices, and other parts that weren’t designed to spend winter full of ice….