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Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 27, 20 11:05 am Post subject: Good or Bad Idea?
I know about the Three Sisters planting method but what I was wondering was whether I could plant beetroot in between corn rows?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 27, 20 11:34 am Post subject:
Maybe for baby beets? While the coirn is developing you could interplant with any salading or small carrots, radishes maybe?

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Wed May 27, 20 11:42 am Post subject:
I wouldn't bother

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 27, 20 11:58 am Post subject:
I'm short on space, which is why I want to know. I don't want to do anything that is likely to damage the corn's ability to take up nutrients.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 27, 20 11:59 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Maybe for baby beets? While the coirn is developing you could interplant with any salading or small carrots, radishes maybe?

The baby beets are a thought. I have salad in the cold frame and radish in a tray.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Thu May 28, 20 6:28 am Post subject:
If you are short on space it is worth a try. I tried the three sisters method and it wasn't that successful, but I possibly didn't do it quite right.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu May 28, 20 7:09 am Post subject:
I have also done it before. Didn't work for me either.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Thu May 28, 20 2:24 pm Post subject:
Corn can take some crowding, but you need to ensure you really get a lot of N to it Three sistersr requires a fair bit of space between corn hills to work well, and the beans don't actually supply N to the others the way people think they do

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu May 28, 20 2:43 pm Post subject:
What beans? If it's broad beans, the two sisters approach is way better.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Thu May 28, 20 9:14 pm Post subject:
Don't you start.... you are responsible for a good portion of my lack of space!

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16004

Posted: Fri May 29, 20 6:30 am Post subject:
I used peas, corn and courgettes. It might work in the new raised beds better, but on open ground and the old raised beds, it didn't work well at all. I probably didn't give it enough nitrogen.

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri May 29, 20 7:29 am Post subject:
I had done beans, corn and courgettes and it was in a large well manured bed. An absolute unproductive mess.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 29, 20 7:44 am Post subject:

Shan wrote:

Don't you start.... you are responsible for a good portion of my lack of space!

HOW?

I was after a couple of spare chilli plants!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri May 29, 20 7:46 am Post subject:
Seriously, I've been given some corn. I've planted them out, in a 4x4 foot grid, about a foot between them. They stand around a foot high. I have courgettes and French beans/peas ready to plant out. Should I put them between the corn, or am I too cramped already? Widthways it fills the bed, so if not in between, then I can go next to.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri May 29, 20 7:50 am Post subject:
At that spacing only something really quick is going to be worth interplanting (so no, don't put your beans or peas in there)

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