Ep. 130 - Companion Planting and Intercropping: Gaining space in the garden, repelling insects, and other benefits

As we start to plan our gardens for this year, we may realize that we don’t have enough room for everything we want to grow. This is where intercropping and succession planting come in. We’re planting different plants with each other to make the most of our space or we’re planting them one after each other, sometimes with some overlap. And lots of times you will hear these terms used interchangeably or in conjunction with each other. But is intercropping and companion planting the same thing, or do they serve different purposes? To my way of thinking they are two sides to the same coin, each serving their own purpose but in very much the same manner. In today’s episode we’ll dig into the principles of both intercropping and companion planting, explore the differences and similarities between both, and talk about how we can use both methods to our benefit in our gardens. Let’s dig in! Just Grow Something Gardening Friends Facebook Group Check out how you can become a patron on Patreon Follow me on Instagram JustGrowSomethingPodcast.com Merchandise | Just Grow Something Positively Farming Media Podcast Playlist on Spotify Get 10% off with code JUSTGROW at Truly Garden Companion Planting Chart | Just Grow Something with Karin Velez (justgrowsomethingpodcast.com) Plan Like A Pro | Just Grow Something with Karin Velez (justgrowsomethingpodcast.com) Resources for this episode: Tomato N Uptake (ucdavis.edu) CDFA - FREP - CA Fertilization Guidelines - Lettuce Nitrogen Uptake and Partitioning Nitrogen fixation in peas (Pisum sativum) (lincoln.ac.nz) Agronomy | Free Full-Text | Synergistic Effects of Agronet Covers and Companion Cropping on Reducing Whitefly Infestation and Improving Yield of Open Field-Grown Tomatoes (mdpi.com)