How to Grow More Vegetables

Marjoram (Origanum majorana): Has a “beneficial effect on surrounding plants.” Oregano (Origanum vulgare): Has a “beneficial ef ...

of wheat. As a tea, it combats diseases such as damping off in young plants. Concentrates calcium, sulfur, and potash in its bod ...

Plant root systems improve the topsoil by bringing up nutrients from the subsoil. Soil improvement—Sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceu ...

period of time. Approximately, a minimum of 0.5 lb of nitrogen is needed per 100 sq ft of growing area annually. About half of ...

everything into account. One example is potatoes, which are a “light feeder” crop according to the denitions involved, yet they ...

to grow the same crop, or a member of the same family, in the same growing bed 2 years in a row. In areas where 2 or more crops ...

food for yourself. In tropical areas, you will need to substitute warmer- weather crops that provide the same functions. A 3-Y ...

point. Year 3: The transplanting of a legume (a cold-weather fava bean variety), with the entire crop being harvested at maturit ...

(wheat or hull-less barley or hull-less oats or cereal rye or triticale), with the entire crop being harvested at maturity. In a ...

needed, if the soil does not already contain these microbes.) Year 2: The growing of a compost crop interplanted mixture (see Ec ...

Plant Families for Planning Rotations (Avoid planting members of the same family in subsequent years.) BEET FAMILY (Chenopodiace ...

TOBACCO FAMILY (Solanaceae) tomatoes / potatoes / peppers / eggplant SQUASH FAMILY (Cucurbitaceae) cucumbers / gourds / melons, ...

from the soil. In the GROW BIOINTENSIVE method, after harvesting heavy feeders you can return phosphorus and potassium to the so ...

should proceed with care. In this combination, the beans must be bush beans, since pole beans and beets do not grow well togethe ...

bush bean and beet plants than corn plants. Be sure to plant the corn and beet seedlings 2 weeks before the beans, or the beans ...

Multicrop Companion Planting in Space Note: When interplanting corn with other crops (e.g. beans and squash), transplant the cor ...

Compromise and planning—You can see by now that companion planting involves selecting the combination of factors that works best ...

garden in advance. You will need to know how many pounds of each vegetable you want during the year, how many plants are needed ...

C = Corn (15′′C) B = Beets (4′′C) = Bush beans (6′′C) Note: Using the sun and shade technique is one way to make the most of you ...

Sun/Shade—Many plants have special needs for sunlight or a lack of it. Cucumbers, for example, are very hard to please. They lik ...