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Three sisters
since previous thread skewed off in an weird direction.
I thought we could discuss mixed square planting
and companion planting in beds.
such as 2 bush bean plant and two sweet corn plants in 1 ft square
repeated in 16 squares in 4ft x4ft bed or 4ft x 8ft bed. using
mel suggested 4 early sweet corn plant per square foot in 4ft x 4ft bed
for total 64 ears it seemed work well for him. he also suggested the same
would work in 4ft x 8ft and give 128 ears.
but i hope planting beans and corn would be good match.
I thought we could discuss mixed square planting
and companion planting in beds.
such as 2 bush bean plant and two sweet corn plants in 1 ft square
repeated in 16 squares in 4ft x4ft bed or 4ft x 8ft bed. using
mel suggested 4 early sweet corn plant per square foot in 4ft x 4ft bed
for total 64 ears it seemed work well for him. he also suggested the same
would work in 4ft x 8ft and give 128 ears.
but i hope planting beans and corn would be good match.
wargarden2017- Posts : 35
Join date : 2022-09-16
Location : usa
Re: Three sisters
wargarden2017 wrote:since previous thread skewed off in an weird direction.
I thought we could discuss mixed square planting
and companion planting in beds.
such as 2 bush bean plant and two sweet corn plants in 1 ft square
repeated in 16 squares in 4ft x4ft bed or 4ft x 8ft bed. using
mel suggested 4 early sweet corn plant per square foot in 4ft x 4ft bed
for total 64 ears it seemed work well for him. he also suggested the same
would work in 4ft x 8ft and give 128 ears.
but i hope planting beans and corn would be good match.
Fascinating. I've not heard of this.
So you could theoretically do the Three Sisters?
Soose- Posts : 409
Join date : 2022-02-23
Location : North Alabama
Re: Three sisters
Soose wrote:So you could theoretically do the Three Sisters?
Of course you could, it is just a form of companion planting. The question is, "Does it provide any benefit over standard planting?"
Meanwhile, there are a number of threads on this subject that you might want to explore rather than starting another one:
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t592-three-sisters-planting
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t22700-three-sisters-question?highlight=three+sisters
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t14795-three-sisters-square-foot-garden?highlight=three+sisters
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t7757-three-sisters-thursday?highlight=three+sisters
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t21432-the-2017-attempt-at-3-sisters-4-sisters?highlight=three+sisters
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