Disagreement

High-Density Beds Versus Wide Spacing

All New Square Foot Gardening and Urban Gardening For Dummies hold Pack plants intensively in raised beds using square-foot or close spacing to maximize yield per area and shade out weeds while conserving soil moisture (“All New Square Foot Gardening”, “Urban Gardening For Dummies”); Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times holds Space plants deliberately wide so each accesses more soil moisture and nutrients without competition, claiming higher per-plant productivity (“Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times”).

From the guide Grow Food At Home