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High-Density Beds Versus Wide Spacing
One side
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”)
The other
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”)
How to choose. Spacing philosophy directly contradicts: high-density square-foot / intensive planting (“All New Square Foot Gardening”, “Urban Gardening For Dummies”) vs deliberate wide 'extensive' spacing to reduce competition (“Gardening When It Counts Growing Food in Hard Times”) — both claim to maximize productivity/soil moisture.