Comments on: Interplanting for Maximum Harvest

By: 3 Tips For Maximizing Space In A Small Vegetable Garden : Veggie Gardener

3 Tips For Maximizing Space In A Small Vegetable Garden : Veggie Gardener — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:54:31 +0000

[...] Interplanting, or companion planting, has been around for a very long time. It is the practice of planting vegetables, herbs, and/or flowers together to maximize space, flavor, or pest control. Interplanting goes hand in hand with organic gardening as well, since it contributes to natural pest controls and increased crop yields. [...]

By: ivorysoap76

ivorysoap76 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:42:28 +0000

SO haphazard. I love planning it all out, but then I totally violate the plan once I get out there.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:47:01 +0000

Ah, so helpful! And lovely to hear that others are a bit, shall we say, haphazard about their gardening as well!

By: ivorysoap76

ivorysoap76 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:14:54 +0000

Yes, TL has one hole from ancient cuke seeds. I have holes from ungerminat3ed herb seeds. What is up with that?

By: ivorysoap76

ivorysoap76 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:12:25 +0000

I love the houseplant idea. If I ever get one to live….

By: ivorysoap76

ivorysoap76 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:11:21 +0000

I’m just getting the hang of this companion thing too! I think it’s fun to keep rearranging. It lets me put in the obsessive energy in my gardening that I always wanted! HA!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:11:03 +0000

I recently borrowed Carrots Love Tomatoes from the library…very informative for the whole companion planting thing. But I have to say…I like your technique best! That’s pretty much how I work! Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. But I’m always leraning. Love your blog!

By: Kenneth Moore

Kenneth Moore — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:47:35 +0000

Ha! That’s my style of planting; Oh look, a hole!

That’s also my style of shopping; Oh look, a new variety of tomato! Oh look, a cute planter! Oh look, $50 worth of June-bearing strawberry plants and grape vines!

It’s fun, but the remorse soon comes. I think the “Oh look, a hole” interplanting technique has far less remorse attached to it than the “Oh look, $$” shopping habit.

Another good idea, I think, is planting some of those things with your regular houseplants. I have a planter with a cute little Gynura aurantiaca, Purple Velvet Plant, with chives and red basil. A lot of container-grown tree-type plants can be interplanted with things such as lettuce, spinach, or even onions, or heck, almost any type of herb.

I have to fight to stop my beans from growing up my tomatoes–it’s hard enough just keeping the one plant upright, it doesn’t need any added weight!

By: ranch101

ranch101 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:40:16 +0000

Hee, hee, hee! “Oh, look, a hole” is the story of my yard. I’ve been noticing all the space between the tomato plants, and now maybe I’ll stuff something in there. (We’ve got baby tomatoes!!!) And I’ve pretty much decided the ancient seeds I scattered simply are not going to germinate, so that leaves quite a bit of hole.