​If the strain you’re planting grows compactly, matures quickly or planting is late, you might want to set up the field on 4 foot centers.

This layout requires a lot of plants, 2,601. 1,100 more hemp plants per acre than planting at 5 foot centers.

The mulch bed would be 24 inches wide so the path between rows would be 24 inches wide also.

If the plants grow four foot wide, it would be difficult to walk down the rows. Three foot wide plants would be about right.

Most individuals planting and harvesting hemp will lay out their fields on 5 foot centers. Normal growing plants that were vegetated for awhile will would be suited for this layout.

A whole acre is planted end to end, 1681 plants would be required. We tell customers around 1,500 hemp plants per acre.

If the plants grow four foot wide, the two foot path could be easily walked. On five and six foot centers, the mulch bed would be three feet wide, pretty much as wide as can be made with 60 inch plastic mulch.

If the plants grow four and half to five feet wide it will be difficult to walk down the rows.

Planting and harvesting hemp on six foot centers ensures that walking down the rows will be easy because the path is 3 feet wide.

An end to end planting would require only 1156 plants.

If the plants grow up to five foot wide there will be plenty of room to work.