3,078. Intentionally Spacing Between Rows

Hilchos Kilayim 7:4

Pursuant to the previous halacha, if someone plants his vineyard at the outset with eight cubits (∼12’) between each row, he may plant seeds there, distancing just six handbreadths (∼18”) between each row of vines. However, if he planted outside the vineyard, he must distance four cubits (∼6’) from the outside row, the same as with other vineyards. The laws of the space between the rows of this vineyard are not the same as those of a vineyard that was destroyed in the middle (as we will see IY”H in halacha 11) because in this instance he planted the rows distanced at the outset.

Hilchos Kilayim 7:5

Let’s say that there’s one row of vines in a field and another person has a row of vines in a field that’s opposite it and nearby. In such a case the rows combine to be considered a vineyard. This is the case even if there’s a private path, a public path or a fence shorter than ten handbreadths (∼30”) so long as there are fewer than eight cubits between the rows.