Corrections to
How to Grow More Vegetables, 9th Edition (2017)

1/20/2019

Pages 8, 9 and 246:
Kafka to Kaffka

Page 43:
6. Sixteen beds (1,600 sq. ft or fewer)

Add: 8.  By combining various weight and area-efficient crops, a crop design combination can  be produced that is both weight- and area-efficient, and that will provide 2,400 calories daily for a year in 6 lb or less of food for a man or 5.5 lb or less for a woman.  

This design can provide total daily calories for a year with an average of 700 sq ft or less (550 sq ft for a woman, 850 sq ft for a man); 

Page 146:
Sweet Corn: Col. N should be changed from: 84 to 159.

Page 148:
Early Bunching Onions: Col G: 3.6 with Ftn 36 superscripted.
On p. 187: Add: 36. With 1 T. broadcasted in each of 3.6 flats. 

Regular Onions: Col G: 3.8 with Ftn 37 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 37. With 2 t. broadcasted in each of 3.8 flats. 

Torpedo Onions: Col G: 3.6 with Ftn 37 superscripted.

Page 156
Corn, Flour or Fodder, Dry:
Column M:
Is: 15
Should be: 6/9/12

Column N : 
Is: 432/159/84
Should be: 621/248/159

Page 162:
Alfalfa: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 38 superscripted.

On Page 187: Add: 38. With 0.1 T.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

Alsike Clover: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 39 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 39. With 0.07 t.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

Crimson Clover: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 40 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 40. With 0.5 t.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

Medium Red Clover: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 40 superscripted. 
(Different amount of seed than for Crimson Clover)

Hubam Sweet Clover: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 41 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 41. With 0.3 t.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

White Clover: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 42 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 42. With 0.1 t.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats.

Page 164

Sanfoin: Col G:
On Page 187: Add: 43. With 0.14 T.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

Timothy: Col G: 2.4 with Ftn 44 superscripted.
On Page 187: Add: 44. With 0.05 t.  broadcasted in each of 2.4 flats. 

NOTE:

The purpose of Footnotes 36-44 is conserve flat soil and flats. Even though the sowing is dense, the resulting seedlings will be strong at transplanting time. 

 


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