Permaculture Edibles 3 Flashcards
Sunniest spot for
Tomatoes
Tomato good for canning, drying, oven roasting
San Marino
Roma tomatoes are good for
Sauces/salsas
Early girl tomatoes good for
Slicing (burgers)
Always separate hot and sweet peppers to
Avoid cross pollination
Plant _ underneath peppers (2)
Annual greens/heat loving herbs (basil)
Will be in the ground for many months
Peppers
Peppers can be a part of _ layer in food forest (2)
Ground
Vine (if trellised)
Ideal for trellising
Cucumbers
Because they like to spread _ call for a lot of room
Squash plants
Squash can be grown in
Hugelkultur bed
Can be grown in slightly wild zone of garden
Squash plants
To keep squash from rotting while growing
Place on wood boards or beds of straw
Best squash for Midwest
Buttercup
Squash for small spaces
A bush acorn squash
To help corn grow
Bury fish heads/bones in a mound and plant corn on top
Corn is a heavy feeder which means
Benefits from extra nutrients
If not using fish bones
Feed corn plants weekly with liquid fertilizer
Corn variety for Midwest
Painted hill sweet corn
Corn good for short growing seasons/cool spring soil
Painted hill sweet corn