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# plants     plants per at 100%    100' row

 # plants     plants per at 90%     100' row # plants     plants per at 80%     100' row
4" 71280          300 64152           270 57024           240
4.5" 63360           266 57024           240 50688           213
5" 57024           240 51322           216 45619           192
5.5" 51840           218 46656           196 41472           174
6" 47520           200 42768           180 38016           160
6.5" 43865           185 39478           167 35092           147
7" 40731           171 36658           154 32585           137
7.5" 38016           160 34214           143 30413           128
8" 35640           150 32076           135 28512           120
8.5" 33543           141 30188           126 26834           112
9" 31680           133 28512           120 25344           106
9.5" 30012           126 27010           113 24009           101
10" 28512           120 25660           108 22809             96

 

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   # plants     plants per at 70%     100' row   # plants     plants per at 60%     100' row   # plants     plants per at 50%     100' row
4"   49896          210   42768          180   35640           150
4.5"   44352          186   38014          160   31680           133
5"   39917          168   34214          144   28512           120
5.5"   36288          153   31104          131   25920           110
6"   33264          140   28512          120   23760           100
6.5"   30705          129   26319          110   21931              92
7"   28512          120   24439          103   20366              85
7.5"   26611          112   22810            96   19008              80
8"   24948          105   21384            90   17820              75
8.5"   23480            98   20125            85   16771              70
9"   22176            93   19008            80   15840              66
9.5"   21008            88   18007            75   15006              63
10"   19958            84   17107            72   14256              60

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