3,140. Uprooting Patches of Dried-Out Crops

Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 3:11

Let’s say that someone planted his whole field with just one crop, but when places in the field started to get dry, he uprooted the crops that had dried out on either side, with the result that the fresh crops looked like separate sections. If it’s a kind of crop that people plant in individual rows, as is the case with dill and mustard, then he leaves peah separately for each square. This is because an onlooker would think that this field had been planted in separate rows. If it’s a species that’s normally planted throughout a field, as is the case with grain and legumes, then he leaves one peah for the whole field.

Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 3:12

The previous halacha applies when the dried-out crops were on either side and the fresh crops were in the middle. If the fresh crops were on the sides and the dried-out crops were in the middle, he then leaves peah separately for the dried-out crops and the fresh crops.