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Squash next to sweet potato

Posted by scarletdaisies Tennessee (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 9, 09 at 23:18

I'm already planning for next years garden. Mine was a bust this year unless you can live off cucumbers. I have identified the problem, lime and manure the lot at the end of the growing season and in the beginning, but don't manure the same time you lime. I have that and even with a bad ph balance at least for the rest of the year, squash, the cucumbers, and cayenne peppers are doing fine.

Next year I want to plant sweet potatoes next to squash. I know potatoes do not do well next to squash, but what about sweet potatoes?

If anyone has a guess, please let me know. The companion plants are usually tubers next to sweet potatoes, but none say to stay away from squash.


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RE: Squash next to sweet potato

Scarletdaisies-

I didn't have squash planted, but pumpkin. Same family, I believe.

I had about 5 or 6 vines planted in one bed, a 3 or 4 foot walking aisle on each side, then a bed of sweet potatoes on either side of the pumpkins. I also planted several marigolds interspersed amongst the vines.

The sweet potatoes seem to be doing great, in spite of all of the rain we have had this year. The pumpkins have been decimated by the dreaded squash vine borer, accompanied by the lovely squash bug. Just this week I pulled the pumpkin vines, pumpkins that were affected, and the mulch and bagged them for trash pickup. I then tilled manure, chopped leaves, and some lime to prep for next years planting.

The sweet potatoes do not seem to be affected by any of the pumpkin problems. I won't know for sure for a few weeks yet- when I dug up the roots. I don't see any signs of any problems. Hope this helps. I researched, but couldn't find any info on what to plant with sweet potatoes.


 
 

 

 


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