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D-staggered-planting Dictionary

Staggered planting

Planting in batches so harvests arrive in a steady flow

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Plain meaning
Planting in batches so harvests arrive in a steady flow
How to use it
Plant in batches every week or two so that supply is steady.
South African benchmark
South African commercial vegetable growers plant in batches to supply markets weekly.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M8
Calculate it
T-M8-02 Planting Schedule
Library sources
LIB-A046, LIB-A048, LIB-P-Tomato, LIB-P-Onion
See also
Planting window
Fresh Vegetables: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedFresh Vegetables: how the business runsSold bykg or crates per hectare1Seedlings2Transplant3Harvest weekly4Grade and pack5Market agent or retailerZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Fresh Vegetables Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M8 Fresh Vegetables.