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Companion Plants & Green Manures
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Posted by Robinjw13 z9 Sussex UK (My Page) on Fri, Jan 21, 05 at 12:34
| Does anyone out there have any knowledge of which plants (crops or weeds!) may help the germination, growth and cropping of asian vegetables?
I know there is a lot of general advice about companion planting, green manures, cover crops etc but I have found nothing specific to, for example, Shiso (Perilla), Mitsuba, Udo, Daikon, Shungiku, Myoga and so on. Surely these practices have been trialed and perhaps are used, in Japan and China?
Any input enthusiastically received!
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RE: Companion Plants & Green Manures
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| Hi - FWIW, I'd think the same companions that work well w/ Western veggies in the same family (mustards, brassicas, etc.) would be OK..... |
RE: Companion Plants & Green Manures
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| Hmmm. Thanks Carolb, sometimes I don't think of the obvious. Still, I suspect there's some variation within the families. Shungiku (COMPOSITAE) is good with Brassica, yes. But I also have ZINGIBERACEAE, UMBELLIFERAE, DIOSCOREACEAE, LAMIACEAE, CONVOLVULACEAE, RUTACEAE ..... (Uppercase is due to cutting & pasting). Good luck with your 2005 crops in your Florida 'oasis'! |
RE: Companion Plants & Green Manures
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| Glisiridia is a good tree for grren manuring |
RE: Companion Plants & Green Manures
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Thanks Chaware, I had never heard of this tree before. For the benefit of others, look at:
http://www.winrock.org/forestry/factpub/FACTSH/gliricidia.htm For me, we have frost in winter (down to -6) so Gliricidia would not survive more than one year. Do you think it could be grown as an annual? How much doe oit grow in one year, from seed?
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