INTENSIVE GARDENING 



Plans for Companion Cropping. There are 

 many combinations of companion cropping and 

 the gardener, after a few experiences, will 

 combine many vegetables that are not men- 

 tioned in the following suggestions. Never 

 crowd the plants; always keep in mind that 

 these children of the soil reach maturity and 

 produce their kind in a short period and that 

 they require sunshine, air, food and mois- 

 ture. 



Succession. When one crop follows an- 

 other in the same season the process is known 

 as succession cropping. For example early 

 peas may be followed by late cabbage. In 

 some instances three crops may be taken from 

 the same soil in one season; early lettuce, 

 started in the hotbeds and transplanted, ma- 

 tures in four or five weeks, followed by radish 

 which matures in thirty days in late spring, 

 and this second crop is followed by a late 

 planting of string beans, late cabbage or cauli- 

 flower. 



As a rule, succession cropping is of more 

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