Companion Planting 2 Flashcards
After properly prepping soil _ are planted
Heavy feeders
Heavy feeders followed by
Heavy givers
Heavy givers followed by
Light feeders
Feeder and giver rotation cycle (3)
Heavy feeders
Heavy givers
Light feeders
Heavy feeders include (2)
Corn
Tomatoes
Squash, lettuce, cabbage are (feeders,givers hl)
Heavy feeders
Heavy feeders take large amounts of _ from soil
Nutrients, especially nitrogen
After harvesting heavy feeders, you can return _ to soil in the form of compost (2)
Phosphorus
Potassium
To return nitrogen to soil, grow _
Heavy givers
Heavy givers are _ plants
Nitrogen giving
Apart from bringing large amounts of nitrogen to soil, heavy givers _
Excrete substances to help eradicate tomato wilt-causing organisms
Light feeders are _ crops
Every root crop
Light feeder purpose
Give soil a rest before next heavy feeder
A heavy feeder on nutrients other than nitrogen _
Green pepper
To determine spacing of different plants grown together
Add their spacing together and divide by 2
Plant vine plants _ after other plants
2 wks
Why plant vine plants 2 wks after other plants
Because they slow other plant’s growth
Plant corn 2 wks before _ so it has time to establish itself (2)
Beans
Squash
Cucumber prefer (2)
Heat
Moisture
What plant prefers well-drained soil and some shade
Cucumbers
To provide cucumber with heat, moisture, well-drained soil, some shade, plant with
Corn
So roots don’t compete plant _ together
Shallow and deep root plants
Perfect # of herbs helps
Reduce insects
Example of using fast/slow maturing to advantage is to interplanting (2)
Carrots
Radishes
_ can control ants (3)
Spearmint
Tansy
Pennyroyal
Because mint attracts whiteflies, you may want to grow it with _
Marigolds
