Design for the Needs of the Plants
Things to consider for the plants you choose:
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Space requirements of individual plants.
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Mounding requirements individual plants.
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Climbing requirements of individual plants.
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Spreading requirements of individual plants.
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Air & light sufficient for healthy plants.
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Avoid monoculture beds.
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Allow for access to interior plants without disturbing exterior plants.
Design for plants that do and don’t do well together/companion plants.
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Asparagus & tomato, basil, parsley
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Beans, bush: Irish potato, corn, cucumber, strawberry celery, summer savory, but NOT onion
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Beans, pole: corn, summer savory, radish, but NOT onion, beets, kohlrabi, sunflower
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Cabbage family: aromatic herbs, beets, celery, onion family, chamomile, spinach, chard, but NOT dill, strawberries, pole beans, tomato
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Carrots: english pea, lettuce, rosemary, onion family, sage, tomato, but NOT dill
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Celery: onion and cabbage families, tomato, bush beans, nasturtium
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Corn: Irish potato, beans, english pea, pumpkin, cucumber squash but NOT tomato
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Cucumber: beans, corn, english pea, sunflowers, radish but NOT Irish potato, aromatic herbs
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Eggplant: beans, marigolds
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Lettuce: carrot, radish, strawberry, cucumber
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Onion family: beets, carrot, lettuce, cabbage family, summer savory but NOT beans, english peas
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Parsley: tomato, asparagus
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Pea, English: carrots, radish, turnip, cucumber, corn, beans, but NOT onion family, gladiolus, Irish potato
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Potato, Irish: beans, corn, cabbage family, marigolds, horseradish but NOT pumpkin, squash, tomato, cucumber, sunflower
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Pumpkins: corn marigold, but NOT Irish potato
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Radish: english pea, nasturtium lettuce, cucumber but NOT hyssop
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Spinach, strawberry, fava bean
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Squash: nasturtium, corn, marigold but NOT irish potato
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Tomato: onion family, nasturtium, marigold, asparagus, carrot, parsley, cucumber but NOT irish potato, fennel, cabbage family
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Turnip: english pea but NOT Irish potato

