Topic: several veg growing terms that seem to confuse gardeners

[plainleaf]

in researching my book I discovered a lot of confusion in general over the following terms and subcategories of those terms.

interval planting
succession planting
intercropping
companion planting

Monday morning i will post my definitions of these terms to see if they are clearly written so those with a basic understanding veg gardening will be able to understand them.

fell free to post suggestions of sub-terms in relation to the above.  But be aware I already have definitions to the most common subcategories of these terms defined.

the sub-terms are chemical based companion planting and chemical based trap crops. Due to the preconceived notion that all chemicals are all manufactured products even if the chemical are excreted by the plants themselves during growing process.
 

I choose to include this addendum to avoid confusion since I have been involved several long running debates on the word "chemical "when used in context of gardening.  with people who confuse to mean use pesticides,chemical fertilizers and herbicides.

As the definitions I thought i would provide them for free since confusion is best corrected to increase learning.

ps if there any (sp) or grammar mistakes in this post be aware that it was written at 4 am my time waiting for my puppy to go back to sleep after waking me up. I am half a sleep writing this post.

edited to remove unnecessarily provocative comments

[plainleaf]

Time Based Planting Terms:
Interval Planting: is planting the same  crop such as carrot several times such as 25 seeds every week for several weeks so they all do not come ripe at same same time and you do not end up with a glut.
succession planting is planting one crop after after first crop has been harvested from same piece of ground in the same year. Such as peas then beans then peas again.

[Robert_Brenchley]

On this side of the Atlantic, we use 'succession' instead of 'interval'.

[ceres]

Two nations divided by a common language.  ;)

[plainleaf]

interval and succession planting are not same at all. different wording is for reason.

edited to remove unnecessarily provocative comments

[pumkinlover]

We always reversed the terms Swede and Turnip when I lived in Sheffield.
turnips were the big orange veg which we hollowed out at Halloween to put a candle in. (No-one had heard of pumpkins!!!!)
swedes a small white summer veg.

Only when I went to poly did a lecturer point this out to us.
The benefits of Higher Education.  ;D ;D ;D

[aj]

I was never confused

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6TL1jYfGE

[cornykev]

OH calls a swede, a turnip, but then she does come from Hartlepool.


edited PM sent

[aj]

OH calls a swede, a turnip, but then she does come from Hartlepool.

Corrected for you  ;)

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[GrannieAnnie]

What is all this "edited to remove provocative sentences" and "edited PM" etc. stuff?

[pumkinlover]

Nothing sinister Grannie Annie

Just a case of trying to keep everything on an even keel. :)

[galina]

One of the terms that confuse me is 'planting'.  Someone says, I have been planting my beans.  This to me means planting out or transplanting, but often people mean sowing when they say planting.

[GrannieAnnie]

One of the terms that confuse me is 'planting'.  Someone says, I have been planting my beans.  This to me means planting out or transplanting, but often people mean sowing when they say planting.

And then there's "planting" a corpse.
Oh dear. I digressed.

[kt.]

Some don't understand the term "weeding" ;D ;D

[pumkinlover]

Some don't understand the term "weeding" ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D

-Grannie Annie - you been watching to much telly ;D

[pumkinlover]

Mind you - digressing a bit- the old chaop who ran a nursery near here died  recently- and he is being being buried on the nursery.
Kind of apt I guess :)

[ceres]

I'm afraid my turnips are orange too.  You just couldn't have white neeps with the Burn's Supper!

[Digeroo]

For me interval planting is the space between the plants and succession is as you describe for interval pl. 

As for peas then beans then peas again, how long do you think our summers are?  And what happened to crop rotation.  Much better to throw in a few brassicas as a catch crop when the peas are finishing.

Your book sounds very interesting pl.  I do suggest you get it spell checked before you publish it.   You often have some idiocyncratic turns of phrase.

[daveyboi]

Some don't understand the term "weeding" ;D ;D

Some weeds make good companion plants .....

[plainleaf]

no one in USA grows Swede now there are those who grow rutabaga