babno t1_jef44xm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:37 PM

Native americans planted what they called 'The three sisters" together, which IIRC was corn, squash, and beans.

rhysermc t1_jefihfd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Support for the beans from the corn, nitrogen from the beans, and shade to keep the soil moist from the large leaves of the squash.

_who_is_they_ t1_jegju1w wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Learning is fun. Especially when it's helpful.

sburges3 t1_jeenl1m wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:46 PM

My parents used to plant beans and corn in the same row. As the corn stalk grew, it gave the bean vine something to climb on. Worked out really well.

InsaneBrew t1_jefn9h5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:41 PM

This is actually how the Native Americans did it.

[deleted] t1_jeeukb6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:34 PM

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wanking_to_got t1_jeghy7w wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:05 PM

Borage goes well with strawberries. Actually with a lot of things because Borage grows deep and brings up a lot of nutritions to the surface. It's also The Nectar Factory for bees.

ZipoBibrok5x108 t1_jefrmf1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:10 PM

“Carrots love tomatoes” https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/323589

wanking_to_got t1_jeghni0 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:03 PM

Onions or leek deters root fly which is a common enemy for carrot farmers

CypripediumGuttatum t1_jegk3er wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:20 PM

You learned about something that is mostly made up with little science based evidence. There is some nuggets of truth in there but it’s pretty logic based stuff, tall things shade shorter things, rotate crops etc but always look for why and how a certain plant does better with another and some evidence to that effect before believing too much about this. https://www.gardenmyths.com/companion-planting-truth-myth/

[deleted] t1_jeeinvl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:08 PM