interplanting

The most common way to combine garden crops is via an age-old technique called interplanting, which in essence means planting various garden edibles with different growth and spacing attributes together in the same soil beds or rows.

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Building on the idea of interplanting, Better Homes & Gardens magazine suggests that gardeners combine plants that produce vines and can be grown on trellises or fences along with low-growing crops.

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Other techniques, such as interplanting and companion planting, are other ways to make efficient use of garden space.

Latest Articles Iowa State University 2010

Various vegetable growing techniques -- combining crops, "interplanting," "vertical gardening" and succession planting -- can combine to yield a substantial bounty from even the smallest of backyard garden plots.

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Using dwarf varieties that have also been selected for short planting-to-harvest times, using interplanting sowing the next crop before the current one is harvested, and optimizing CO2, water, light, and humidity, Heppenheimer calculates that 60 acres of farmland will support ten thousand people.

Archive 2009-11-01 Stephen D. Covey 2009

I like the idea of planting the allium in with the muhly…good interplanting.

White Feather And Tree Peony Et Al « Fairegarden 2009

A variety of sustainable farming techniques are used, including crop rotation, composting, interplanting, careful treatment of livestock to ensure both longevity and quality, and seed saving.

» Biodynamic Agriculture Strocel.com 2009

Using dwarf varieties that have also been selected for short planting-to-harvest times, using interplanting sowing the next crop before the current one is harvested, and optimizing CO2, water, light, and humidity, Heppenheimer calculates that 60 acres of farmland will support ten thousand people.

Farming in Space Stephen D. Covey 2009

The original interplanting of Muscari ‘Valerie Finnis’ was much too short to give the wanted spring color after the muhly is cut down to four inches come early March.

Look Out Of Any Window « Fairegarden 2008

Many larger scale organic farmers find themselves reducing the amount of interplanting with companion plants to achieve a higher efficiency in time spent weeding and harvesting.

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