Making the most of limited space
To reduce the time a crop is actually taking up space in the bed.
What is use transplants?
Planning to plant tp for long term
What is planning for continious supply
Helpful for weed control.
What is Rotation ?
Intercropping( or catch cropping ) makes use of this fact
What is a plant doesn't need its full circle of space for its entire life ?
Plant per person 1
What is Squash ?
Crops that yield for an extended time
What is Pole peas, Broccoli, Kale and etc?
Crops easily stored
What is Potatoes, dry beans and carrots
These crops take different nutrients out of the soil.
This is very important for intercropping
What is intercrop doesn't interfere with the main planting ?
Plant out 3 - 4 walf
What is Cucumber ?
Try to wring that last little bit of food out of it
What is false?
Easily preserved
Broccoli, Corn and green beans
planning your crops so that similar crops don't follow one another in the same soil.
What is Crop Rotation ?
There are a number of ways to plant more than one crop in a bed . Give the third way.
What is you can also plant in short offset rows across the bed ?
Weeks to harvest 20 - 25
What is Pepper ?
Train … plants such as cucumbers or snap peas on trellises
What is space hungry climbing plants?
Crop with extended harvest
Tomatoes, cucumbers, kale, peppers
These crops that don't really need rotation
What are Corn, Beans, Spinach, Lettuce ?
This way has the virtue of simplicity, but isn't particularly efficient .
What is to plant in blocks
Germ time days 4 - 20 & Weeks to grow transplant 4 - 5
What is Broccoli ?
Position crop that save space
What is vertical crops?
The most obvious way to get steady harvest
What is to stagger the planting dates
Limits crop rotation
If the garden is too small
Crops for interplanting should be
What is mutually compatible
Germ temp °F 45 - 85 & Germ time days 7 - 21
What is Carrot ?