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NatureNymph
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracy
Barrie
Ontario
Canada
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 Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 5:40:18 PM
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Anyone have any success with succession gardening... the act of following an early harvested crop with another planting/harvest of either the same or different vegetable. I was reading that this process provides more food obviously in a smaller space.
I only have a 10 by 10 garden right now, and would like to have broccoli followed by Cauliflower... I'd also like to have two plantings of peas as well but our season is only about 120 days long, zone 5. I was also reading on my spinach seed package that spinach can have two harvests in a season as well... should I start my seeds for the second harvest indoors about two weeks before my first crop is ready for harvest?
Any advice?
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 6:01:33 PM
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I have never read up on succession gardening before, but I guess I do a bit of it due to space constraints. I have planted peas before, finished those and started beans right after. Had lettuce early on in the season and then put in carrots and potatoes after the lettuce is gone. It works a bit, but I have to really think about things - basically have the early spring stuff out of the way in time for the summer stuff and be all over it with stuff for the fall as soon as I have the summer stuff done - if I wait on any of them I loose my window of opportunity due to the weather. I am also using a cold frame this year to get started on lettuce (have small sprouts now) which is out of the way from my regular garden area, which gives me a bit more planting room for other things.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 07:02:34 AM
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I do succession gardening every year and have had good luck with it. If you follow cauliflower after the broccoli it will not have enough time to mature, both of those take a fair amount of time to mature. When succesion planting try and follow the first planting with someting that is not a member of the same plant family or any pest that were there will just continue to thrive. Anne has it right with getting the early stuff out of the way and then planting the later stuff.
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LoraFLeming
Farmgirl in Training
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Lora
Onalaska
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2009 : 5:52:51 PM
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I find that planting radishes, lettuce, spinach etc in two or three week intervals all spring works very well ... plant lightly, then you get a continuous supply without being overwhelmed all at once. You can do the same in the fall by counting backwards from your first frost date and planting these cool weather crops again so they mature in the late fall when it isn't so hot.
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