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Essentials of growing Interplanting vegetables in yard(USA)

Interplanting vegetables is beneficial in many senses for small spaces and better yield production. It is scientific and more effective on the diverse soil nutrients for one plant. Interplanting the vegetable can't be done with random vegetables because of their requirement and dominance at the same time. 

Mostly, if you grow two plants once that are dominating while absorbing the minerals and nutrients from the soil, one will dominate the other plant's growth. Thus, your hard work will be in vain because of the wrong plant selection and their growing timing. 

Let's see how originally interplanting works and how to practice it with vegetables in gardens. 

Interplanting vegetables growing tips

Suppose your land has iron in excessive amounts and sulfur is less. You need to grow Iron absorbing plants there is not a dominating combination of two plants in which both need iron but one of them will dominate the absorption. This will lead to only one yield output and other plants will not survive longer. 

interplanting vegetable growing tips USA

Thus, you need to choose a plant that can absorb sulfur much with the first plant at once to make a balance in the soil. 

Let's see a proper definition of interplanting vegetables. 

What is interplanting vegetables?

Interplanting vegetables is the practice of complementary vegetable cultivation in the same space which needs different nutrients that are present in the soil at once. 

These plants absorb distinct nutrients and minerals from the soil to grow while growing them at once in the same soil land. 

Thus these plants don't dominate other plants' growth and help to improve overall production. 

Let's see some other benefits of interplanting vegetables in your yard. 

Benefits of interplanting vegetables

Here are some benefits for common gardeners that they should practice interplanting vegetables- 

  • Save space

Interplanting the vegetables needs less space for variety in vegetables and even production. It doesn't need separate space to make different sections for various vegetables. You can do it with the least gap between two different plants if they can tolerate other plants' shadow or partial light. 

  • Reduce diseases 

Intercropping and interplanting the vegetables reduce the chances of infectious diseases and other fungi surviving near the plants because of the least favorable conditions. 

  • Restrict weeds

Weeds need space and moisture to grow in the yard between plants. But when you practice interplanting vegetables, you will hardly see any weeds because of the least spacing and space with moisture. It is basically the utilization of space and produces maximum yield. 

  • High yield in limited space

You can have twice or thrice the production yield from interplanting vegetables. It is better than ordinary cropping in the yard and specifically for the least spaces, it is highly productive.

  • Hold soil moisture 

With regular tillage and heat, soil moisture gets dry quickly. Interplanting the vegetable holds the moisture with roots and creates a shelter to low the intensity of sunlight so that it can't dry the soil faster. 

Tips for interplanting vegetables

I'm practicing interplanting vegetables for a very long time. Believe me, it is good for small lawn owners. I'm sharing my personal tips for you so that you can have a successful interplanting vegetable garden- 

Leave some space between rows and columns

The systematic gardening method of growing vegetables is good. You should create rows and columns for leafy vegetables in the yard at a certain gap of half to one foot at least for other vegetable plants. 

Also, if you maintain a certain gap then it'll help you to walk easily in the garden. 

Divide the yard into sections

Although for complementary vegetables, you don't need a division of land as you can grow them at once. But for different groups and pairs of vegetables, you may need different sections of the soil. Try to divide and keep the sections at least on a gap of 1 foot with each. 

Use seasonal vegetables

It'll be better to avoid fruit plants and trees in interplanting vegetable yards. Only use seasonal complementary vegetable seeds that can grow together. 

Here are some examples of such vegetables that can grow together-

  • Cabbage, Cucumber, and Eggplant
  • Lettuce and peas
  • Carrot and cucumber
  • Tomato and onions

Be specific with climate and season

You can't use winter vegetables with summer vegetables at once even if they're complementary and grow together. 

You should choose only those vegetables that grow in the same climate conditions in the same season or at least close to the seasonal period. 

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