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Re: sqft: bush beans

Try interplanting w/ nasturtium for aphids, and I think someone said dill
for the bean beetles.

>If you'd like another person's experience, I plant my bush beans in one solid
>bunch and have awful problems with bean beetles decimating the entire patch.
> I want to interplant the beans with something else this year to see if that
>reduces the bean beetle damage.
>
>In a message dated 97-03-28 01:02:29 EST, you write:
>
>> Andreas,
>>  To return to my original idea, did you plant your space solid with beans
>>  or did you interplant squares?  One person wrote saying not to plant
>>  solidly because of pests and diseases, and another wrote saying that
>>  neither pests nor diseases were a problem when planting a solid block of
>>  beans.  8^/  <--still wondering which is right...
>>
>>  How did you do yours, Andreas?  Vielen Dank!
>>  Rob
>>


Natalie McNair-Huff
Happily Gardening in Tacoma, WA Sunset zone 5; USDA Zone 7/8
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