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Table 6-1. Density of crops (mean number of stalks/m^) planted in the seven selected gardens in 1990. 

 For crop density, the plots were surveyed during 7/90-11/90, beginning before planting and ending 

 when the com harvest began in the garden. Additional surveys were conducted through 1/91 to 

 monitor crop phenology. 









Garden number and soil type 

 (Mean number of stalks/m^) 







Mean 



number of 



stalks 



(n = 7 



gardens) 





Crop" 



5' 



6^ 



T 



8" 



9b 



10' 



11" 



SE 



Com 



89.8 



36.8 



43.1 



108.4 



57.8 



156.5 



74.0 



80.9 



15.82 



Kidney 

 bean 



7.6 



1.7 



2.1 



9.2 



0.0 



6.3 



6.5 



4.8 



1.31 



Squash 



0.0 



0.4 



1.4 



5.8 



2.4 



6.5 



3.6 



2.9 



0.96 



Other 



0.0 



7.0* 



4.1« 



0.6^ 



0.0 



2.5« 



0.0 



2.0 



1.02 



Sweet 

 potato 



0.0 



0.0 



5.9 



0.7 



0.0 



1.7 



3.1 



1.6 



0.83 



Lentil 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



5.4 



0.0 



0.8 



0.77 



Yam 



0.0 



0.0 



2.8 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.4 



0.40 



Ji'cama 



0.0 



0.0 



1.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



1.3 



0.3 



0.21 



Mean 

 total 



97.3 



45.9 



51.7 



124.8 



60.2 



179.0 



88.4 



92.5 



17.90 



No. 

 surveys 



5 



6 



5 



6 



6 



5 



5 



5.4 





Garden 

 size (ha) 



1.2 



0.6 



0.6 



1.2 



0.6 



2.5 



1.2 



1.1 





No. 

 plots 



8 



5 



5 



8 



5 



12 



8 



7.3 





" Includes only crops planted 



'' K'aiikab soil type. 



' Yaax'hom soil type. 



'' Zacate. 



' Watermelon & sugar cane. 



' Banana. 



^ Lee {Lagenaria siceraria). 



in seven 



selected gardens. 











