I purchased a book, GROWING AND SELLING FRESH-CUT HERBS, Second Edition, by Sandie Shores, who is an experienced commercial grower, and it answers most of the questions a newbie might have. It's published by Ball Publishing.

Bob

Bob_Piper: Thanks for the tip! I checked it out at amazon.com, you can look at the table of contents and index online, but I couldn't tell from those whether it has the specific info I want.

I'm looking for yield, like, approximately how much, in pounds or whatever, does 100' of basil produce, at recommended spacing.

I have all the other growing info I need, I'm just trying to work out the actual planting quantities to start out with, which would be based on yield and how much I want to have available each week.