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I am planning for next year (already!) I have read quite alot obout polyculture and companion planting and this seems to me to be the most practical approach.
It would seem that cabbage white will select a monoculture of brassicas over a mix of veg, so I thought of maybe growing dwarf beans(d) in the middle of a double row of brassicas(B) with beetroot (b)
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I fancy mangetout peas in among the early spuds,
I already have a bed with pole beans pumpkins and toms (the toms got there by themselves) so will see how it goes.
How about growing pole beans and cucumbers up the same frame?
Beans, squash and corn are well known as the three sisters (although I think I would go for dwarf beans).
Toms, peppers, aubergines with basil and marigolds.
All with a good mix of annual flowers to attract and distract the bugs.
Lettuce under the shade of courgettes.
As almost everything seems to like the nitrogen of legumes I thought I would chuck some in almost everywhere - are there any disease problems here that I haven't considered? I will rotate the position of the brassicas and toms and spuds but are beans and peas prone to anything if planted everywhere all the time?
Has anyone done this (particularly the brassica and bean bit - does it really confuse the flutterbys?). What other mixes and combinations work or should be avoided?
It would seem that cabbage white will select a monoculture of brassicas over a mix of veg, so I thought of maybe growing dwarf beans(d) in the middle of a double row of brassicas(B) with beetroot (b)
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I fancy mangetout peas in among the early spuds,
I already have a bed with pole beans pumpkins and toms (the toms got there by themselves) so will see how it goes.
How about growing pole beans and cucumbers up the same frame?
Beans, squash and corn are well known as the three sisters (although I think I would go for dwarf beans).
Toms, peppers, aubergines with basil and marigolds.
All with a good mix of annual flowers to attract and distract the bugs.
Lettuce under the shade of courgettes.
As almost everything seems to like the nitrogen of legumes I thought I would chuck some in almost everywhere - are there any disease problems here that I haven't considered? I will rotate the position of the brassicas and toms and spuds but are beans and peas prone to anything if planted everywhere all the time?
Has anyone done this (particularly the brassica and bean bit - does it really confuse the flutterbys?). What other mixes and combinations work or should be avoided?
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