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[email protected] · 14-04-2007, 06:04 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible

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cloud dreamer wrote:

Omelet wrote:
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William Rose wrote:

In the Vegetable Gardner's Bible, it cautions against starting peas and,
beans indoors. Anyone have a clue as to why that is? Until the last few
years, I've always purchased beans and peas as starter plants. They
weren't sown. My desire to put in starter plants rather than seeds is
based on my experience with roaming gangs of evil-doing gastropods and
their cute little friends, the rolly pollies, devouring all my little
buddies with cell walls at night. Things have improved this year but the
reflex remains.

The book also cautions against trellising beans where peas have just
been. I only have so much trellis, garden, and Sun. Any ideas? Anyone?
Anyone?

I've always trellised beans...

Why is it bad?

It's not the trellising...it's doing it for beans where peas had just
been. I'm guessing there's a disease risk between the two closely
related guys....like not planting tomatoes where potatoes have just been
(and vice versa).

Oh, sorry... I did not read it right.

I have grown peas and beans side by side with no problems, but maybe I
was just lucky.

I have read about the nightshade family thing not mixing, but I never
grow spuds as we don't eat them. I do want to try Yams this year tho'.
I understand those are in the morning glory family.

No, the issue isn't about having them growing near each other at
the same time. Rather, it is about doing a new crop, after the
old one is finished.

With tomatoes/potatoes (and maybe beans/peas) there is a disease
organism that gets into the soil. So, if you keep planting, say,
tomatoes in the same spot each year, the disease may build up
until it attacks the plants.

So, the answer is to put that item in a different spot each year.
This lets the previous spot rest, and the disease organism in the
soil there eventually dies off.

This (soon-ending) season's tomato area will be restocked with
spinach, broccoli, etc. And next spring's tomatoes will go in a
different place.

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