Planting in between.

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Planting in between.
« on: March 20, 2014, 16:31 »
HI

Is there anything apart from lettuce that I can plant in between veg like sprouts etc, that doesn't need a long grow time.

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2014, 16:36 »
Rocket, spinach, radish ..... err can't think of any more  :unsure:

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2014, 16:43 »
Turnips work well and don't take very long at all.. 9 or 10 weeks in ideal conditions from now.
Early variety carrots only take 12 weeks from seed to harvest, earlier for babies, but one would have to net.
I have also undersown sprouts with green manures from the legume family.
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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2014, 17:00 »
I do plant smaller, faster growing brassica in between larger ones.
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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2014, 18:48 »
I did turnips, radish and Chinese Gun lai (brocolli).  Also Pak choi which likes the shade.

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2014, 19:51 »
Thanks for your answer think I might give turnips a go I've also heard they keep couch grass at bay.

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2014, 19:52 »
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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2014, 13:14 »
Dwarf French beans, onions, leeks, parsely and small caulis unless you are doing crop rotations.
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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2014, 16:27 »
I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2014, 16:44 »
Once the potatoes are grown the foliage will cover the 'gaps' between the ridges

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2014, 17:41 »
I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

I wonder if you could plant out sunflower plants if they were tall enough to see over the foliage from the outset?

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2014, 17:46 »
I think that is taking intercropping too far.

Sunflowers have a long growing period and require firm soil to prevent them toppling over.

You are likely to need to dig up spuds before the sunflowers have finished flowering, and cannot provide sufficiently firm soil without jeopardising the spuds.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2014, 17:57 »
I was considering doing this in between a couple of my rows of spuds once I've done the final earthing up. Is there any reason why I shouldn't do this? And could i get away with planting Onions or should I stick to radish, lettuce etc

Unless you planted them a mile apart, nothing shall grow under the potato foliage, not weeds even.

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2014, 16:24 »
Thanks all! Bit over ambitious then!

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Re: Planting in between.
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2014, 15:55 »
Hi, can I just about growing turnips amid sprouts: won't it disturb the sprout roots when you lift the turnips and so make it more likely that your sprouts will blow?

I've been looking at an option for growing between sprouts and had thought about overwintering cabbage, as discussed on a previous thread.


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