{"id":7657,"date":"2012-10-31T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2015-08-06T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:48:16","slug":"evaluating-your-interplanting-in-your-garden-during-fall-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/evaluating-your-interplanting-in-your-garden-during-fall-clean-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Your Interplanting in Your Vegetable Garden During Fall Clean Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7661\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7661\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7661\" title=\"frost killed cucumbers still cling to bell peppers\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers1-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"frost killed cucumbers still cling to bell peppers\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers1-859x1024.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">frost killed cucumbers still cling to bell peppers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Fall clean up time is a good time to make notes on how your interplanting choices worked.<\/strong> There are some basics that help with planning in the spring, but results are also going to be affected by thinks such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">a specific variety of vegetable,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">exposure of a particular bed,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">the weather in any given year, and,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ahem, your spatial reasoning skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the spring, you will want to think about:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Plant Shapes<\/span> &#8211; \u00a0<\/em>Where is the bulk of the plant going to grow and expand? \u00a0Above ground or underground? \u00a0Upright or vining?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Light Requirements<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Will a plant benefit from, or be stunted due to, shade after companion plants have gotten larger?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Water Needs<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Will extra foliage around help mulch, therefore retaining needed water? \u00a0Or will it stimulate premature rotting? \u00a0Do the plants have similar enough water needs, in amount and method of delivery?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Inhibiting Factors<\/em> <\/span>&#8211;\u00a0Are you increasing risk of crop failure by planting things together that share disease or insect susceptibility? \u00a0Do you know which plants send out chemical signals that suppress other plants?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Support Needs<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Will one kind of plant tend to climb another graciously or smoother it? \u00a0Can one of the plants actually provide structure?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most plants look so small in the spring. <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>In the fall, you can take note of how much space they fill when full grown. \u00a0<\/em>The advantages of space efficiency are lost if one plant chokes out another. \u00a0Here is how a few things worked for me this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7663\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-in-spring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7663\" title=\"interplanting onions and broccoli in spring\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-in-spring-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"interplanting onions and broccoli in spring\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-in-spring-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-in-spring-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-in-spring.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">interplanting onions and broccoli in spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7665\" style=\"width: 121px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7665\" title=\"the broccoli has bullied the onions\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-121x300.jpg\" alt=\"the broccoli has bullied the onions\" width=\"121\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-121x300.jpg 121w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli-413x1024.jpg 413w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-onions-and-broccoli.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the broccoli has bullied the onions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Although this combination has worked well for me in the past, this year the broccoli was too close to the onions. \u00a0<\/span>Even though the onions started out much larger than the broccoli, this variety of broccoli is a larger, late season variety than some I have grown. \u00a0It is hard to find any of the onions![hr]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7675\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bountiful-harvest-blues-carrots-in-tomatoes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7675\" title=\"carrots growing peacefully at the feet of &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/its-time-to-compare-stupice-tomatoes-to-heinz-tomatoes-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stupice tomatoes&lt;\/a&gt;\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bountiful-harvest-blues-carrots-in-tomatoes1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"carrots growing peacefully at the feet of &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/its-time-to-compare-stupice-tomatoes-to-heinz-tomatoes-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stupice tomatoes&lt;\/a&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bountiful-harvest-blues-carrots-in-tomatoes1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bountiful-harvest-blues-carrots-in-tomatoes1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">carrots growing peacefully at the feet of <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/its-time-to-compare-stupice-tomatoes-to-heinz-tomatoes-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stupice tomatoes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The carrots were well under the skirts of the Stupice tomatoes,<\/span> but apparently got enough sunlight for a decent yield.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7673\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-carrots-and-tomotoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7673\" title=\"carrots after tomatoes have been cut back\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-carrots-and-tomotoes-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"carrots after tomatoes have been cut back\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-carrots-and-tomotoes-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-carrots-and-tomotoes-898x1024.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">carrots after tomatoes have been cut back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[hr]<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">The cucumbers were supposed to get trained up the trellis,<\/span> but one day I looked and they were hugging the bell peppers! \u00a0<em>The peppers were okay with that.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7682\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-early-summer-cucs-and-peppers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7682\" title=\"so much room in the raised bed in early summer for cucumbers and peppers\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-early-summer-cucs-and-peppers-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"so much room in the raised bed in early summer for cucumbers and peppers\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-early-summer-cucs-and-peppers-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-early-summer-cucs-and-peppers-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-early-summer-cucs-and-peppers.jpg 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">so much room in the raised bed in early summer for cucumbers and peppers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7690\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers-in-summer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7690\" title=\"It is a puzzle of intertwined cucumbers and peppers in summer\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers-in-summer-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"It is a puzzle of intertwined cucumbers and peppers in summer\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers-in-summer-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-cucumbers-and-peppers-in-summer-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is a puzzle of intertwined cucumbers and peppers in summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[hr]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The cantaloupe were \u00a0&#8230; \u00a0actually pumpkins&#8230;.<\/span> \u00a0 Some days, <em>as you carry a seed packet to the garden<\/em>, the seed turns to a different kind<em> in your head,<\/em> even if you mechanically label the row correctly. \u00a0SO, the cantaloupe vines that <em>were supposed to grow lower to the ground<\/em> near the pole beans, were actually pumpkin plants with <em>baby-elephant-ear leaves reaching up to my thighs.<\/em> \u00a0Since they were only on one side of the beans, it was manageable and both produced abundantly. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7686\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-pumpkin-and-pole-beans-in-summer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7686\" title=\"pumpkins enveloping pole beans in late summer\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-pumpkin-and-pole-beans-in-summer-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkins enveloping pole beans in late summer\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-pumpkin-and-pole-beans-in-summer-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-pumpkin-and-pole-beans-in-summer-1024x806.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pumpkins enveloping pole beans in late summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The lettuce in the spring<\/span> was too overbearing for the garlic planted in the same row the previous fall. However, the garlic made a comeback this fall and was transplanted next to the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/planting-garlic-helps-a-gardener-deal-with-pre-winter-gloom\/\" target=\"_blank\">other bulbs recently planted.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7698\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-lettuce-and-garlic-in-spring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7698\" title=\"interplanting lettuce and garlic in spring\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-lettuce-and-garlic-in-spring-300x91.jpg\" alt=\"interplanting lettuce and garlic in spring\" width=\"300\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-lettuce-and-garlic-in-spring-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-lettuce-and-garlic-in-spring-1024x311.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">interplanting lettuce and garlic in spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7703\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-leeks-and-potatoes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7703\" title=\"leeks like potatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-leeks-and-potatoes1-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"leeks like potatoes\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-leeks-and-potatoes1-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/interplanting-leeks-and-potatoes1-931x1024.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">leeks like potatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And lastly, my leeks and potatoes got on rather well.<\/span> The leeks were on the outside edges (as opposed to the previously mentioned onions and garlic), so that may have helped. When the potato plants died back the leeks were very vigorous.[hr]<br \/>\n<strong>I have an older edition of the book<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1580170277\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1580170277&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=dailyimprov-20\" target=\"_blank\">Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=dailyimprov-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1580170277\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>that I have paged through many times for ideas of companion or interplanting.<\/strong>\u00a0 I like the look of the garden with the plants kind of cozy, as much as I like the practical benefits. \u00a0<em>\u00a0If only my spatial reasoning could be more in tune with reality and my memory lasted longer than 50 feet. \u00a0<\/em>Even with these personal limitations, quite a few things in my garden grow. \u00a0I am grateful.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=dailyimprov-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=1580170277\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall clean up time is a good time to make notes on how your interplanting choices worked. 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