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  • From: Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: companion planting in market garden
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:22:31 -0500


Sue,

What Marcie said! Plus- I sometimes add a few radish seeds between early
lettuce
transplants- planted in triangular patterns in beds. They develop fast and we
harvest
them before the lettuce gets too big and we need to cultivate for weeds. I
also add a row
or 2 of green onions to the south side of tomato plants when we transplant
these. They
too get harvested before being shaded and are a companion.

Alex

Marcie Rosenzweig wrote:

> I started with companion planting when my market garden was under an acre.
> When we got to about 1 1/2 acres, I stopped. Not only did it slow down
> harvest, but it was in the way when we went to move a bed to a succession
> crop. I hate pulling out still productive plants. We're at 2 1/2 + acres
> and not doing mixed culture within the same bed.





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