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Companion & Succession Planting

Companion & Succession Planting

Garden planting and transplanting is now in full swing and everything we want to grow can be planted out including favorites like tomato & pepper plants, squashes, potatoes, onion sets, broccoli, herbs, or greens.  But one question remains, which plants make good garden companions with each other, and which do not?   Plants affect their neighbors and the soil around them so we should try to place compatible or non-competitive plants near each other when possible.  A similar principle applies when…

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Companion Planting & Succession Planting

Companion Planting & Succession Planting

Garden planting and transplanting is now in full swing and everything we want to grow can be planted out from now on.  It’s even not too late for planting of favorites like tomato & pepper plants, squashes, potatoes, onion sets, or greens.  But one question remains, which plants make good garden companions and which do not?   Plants affect their neighbors and the soil so we should try to place compatible or non-competitive plants near each other when possible.  A similar…

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Companion Planting & Succession

Companion Planting & Succession

Garden planting and transplanting is now in full swing.  If we can avoid any more cold spells pretty much everything we want to grow can be planted from now on.  But one question remains, who makes good garden companions, who do not?   Plants affect their neighbors and the soil so we should try to place compatible or non-competitive plants near each other when possible.  A similar principle applies when deciding which plant follows recently removed ones (succession).  We don’t want…

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