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3 sisters

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Hi happy harvesters,
Speaking of 3 sisters...
Those of you who planted the 3 sisters, I'd be interested to know what your
sqft layout was and what you thought of the method.  I am just now entering
spring and plan to plant the sisters in at least one spot in my garden.
Regards
Shona

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Dr. Shona Lamoureaux
Plant Ecology/Ecological Modelling
AgResearch, PO Box 60, Lincoln, New Zealand
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The views expressed here are not necessarily those of AgResearch's


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Henson [SMTP:kevinh@thesocket.com]
> Sent:	Friday, September 24, 1999 10:35 AM
> To:	Square Foot Gardening List
> Subject:	Re: Purple beans
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Thank you for the concept in planting corn, beans, and squash.  I know it
> is
> too late for me here in Fresno, Ca.  to plant that now...but I am going to
> file this in my gardening information, for next spring.
> 
> You don't sound like an idiot at all.....as far as I am concerned, anyone
> who thinks they have all of the answers, is the idiot.
> 
> Peg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Meunier <tmeunier@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Purple beans
> 
> 
> >Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >
> >Hi Cyn,
> >
> >We've never had much luck pulling beans and transplanting them.   We gave
> up
> >on starting them and then transplanting them because they always seemed
> to
> >die.   We now plant 'em straight into the garden and watch 'em for all
> the
> >critters that like to eat the sprouts.   Anyway, I'm thinking maybe you
> >amended the soil TOO much for beans.   They get their nitrogen from the
> air,
> >and if you give 'em too much in the soil, they produce less.
> >
> >This spring there was a lot of buzz here on the list about the "Three
> >Sisters" method of growing corn, beans, and squash in a complementary
> >arrangement.   Corn stalk lets the beans climb, beans provide nitrogen
> for
> >the corn and squash, and the broad leaves of the squash serve to keep the
> >soil cool and moist.  A friend of mine tried it (I didn't - corn yields
> vs.
> >the amount of water I'd pour on it to keep it alive here in Texas would
> be
> >environmentally and fiscally irresponsible of me) and the whole deal got
> >scorched.  I'd love to hear feedback from some of the folks who tried
> this.
> >Maybe their advice will be to leave the beans planted where they are, and
> >plant the corn right smack dab in the middle of 'em.
> >
> >Anyway, if that soil is overnitrogenated, the one crop that would sure
> take
> >care of it is corn.
> >
> >Tom
> >Austin, TX
> >Not ridiculously hot today, for once.
> >
> >Disclaimer:  I'm an idiot, so anything I say may be completely wrong.   I
> >take no offense to anyone who wishes to proclaim me an idiot publicly, so
> >long as sound argument and evidence is provided.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: CynMob@aol.com <CynMob@aol.com>
> >To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
> >Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:21 PM
> >Subject: Re: Purple beans
> >
> >
> >>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> >>
> >>And you thought you'd seen the last of this subject....
> >>My purple bean plants have never gotten very large -- less than a foot
> tall
> >>even now.  Each one produced 6-8 beans.  I'm thinking this is probably
> >>attributable to operator error -- they're not square footed, the soil
> >>probably isn't amended enough, etc etc... heck, it was my first time.
> >>Anyway, I'm considering giving up on them and putting a 4x4 box in that
> >spot
> >>for winter crops.  My extension guy says I can plant corn now --
> southern
> >>california -- and that purple beans are on the northern side of my plot,
> >just
> >>where I'd have put tall crops in the beginning if I'd thought about it
> >>instead of going hog wild.
> >>I hate to pull up something that looks healthy, albeit beanless.  Any
> >>thoughts?  Transplant them to one of my boxes now full of gorgeous soil?
> >Or
> >>just bite the bullet and summarily execute them?
> >>Cyn
> >>
> >>
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