Topic: several veg growing terms that seem to confuse gardeners

[Uncle_Filthster]

A mangel wurzel is a beet, not a brassica.  Just another cultivated variety of Beta vulgaris, like beetroot and sugar beet.

[GrannieAnnie]

Fedco Seeds is the only place that carries Gilfeather seeds I believe. And they aren't taking orders anymore this year.

With one hand she gives, and with the other she takes away.  ;)

Well after opening mouth and suggesting a competition I went to google the seeds....<note to self:think before opening mouth> they are copywritten or whatever it is called for plants ::) and have been for years.
Maybe  Goodlife, crafty sneaky little devil she is, will be successful growing seeds  ;D 

[goodlife]

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Maybe  Goodlife, crafty sneaky little devil she is, will be successful growing seeds :o ..who..me?    ;)

[GrannieAnnie]

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Maybe  Goodlife, crafty sneaky little devil she is, will be successful growing seeds :o ..who..me?    ;)

the very same.

[plainleaf]

interplanting: the planting of one crop between two rows of another or in the shade of another.
companion planting: planting two or more crops together for preceded benefit production, disease and pest protection, soil improvement,and space usage.
Some plant pairing may also cause the exact of opposite of the above positive effects and are negative  companions. Pairing of negative companion plants should be avoid and depending the effect buffers plants or distance separation  should  used to plant away from each other.    

[Grandma]

Pairing of negative companion plants should be avoid and depending the effect buffers plants or distance separation  should  used to plant away from each other.    

Yep - that should have confused every gardener on the planet! ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

What's the difference?

[plainleaf]

What's the difference?

do you mean difference between intercropping and companion planting?
 

[GrannieAnnie]

Pairing of negative companion plants should be avoid and depending the effect buffers plants or distance separation  should  used to plant away from each other.    

Yep - that should have confused every gardener on the planet! ;D

It has me confused and I thought I knew the answer. Believe us-- this sentence begs a re-write, plainleaf.

[Digeroo]

I'm a bit confused by

preceded benefit production

as well.   Precede means to go in front of or come first or outrank.  Do you mean perceived?  Though that does not fit in the sentence either.

But Worsel Gummidge's head was definitely a Turnip ie a brassica.

[GrannieAnnie]

I'm a bit confused by

preceded benefit production

as well.   Precede means to go in front of or come first or outrank.  Do you mean perceived?  Though that does not fit in the sentence either.

Or "for their perceived production benefit??

[plainleaf]

guess have remember not to type on 2 screens at once while drinking hot liquids,  one computer at a time instead of 2.

[aj]

What's the difference?

Between before this thread, when you knew the difference between inter cropping and companion planting - and now, when you don't?

[plainleaf]

aj I know the difference between intercropping and companion planting I was asking in my post if that is what Robert_Brenchley meant by  his question

What's the difference?

it  is a bit of a vague question.
 that is why i asked him, if that is want he was asking, if it is, i will answer it for him.

[goodlife]

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guess have remember not to type on 2 screens at once while drinking hot liquids,  one computer at a time instead of 2.Oh...that is asking for the trouble. I've got enough to manage with one screen, mouse, earphones, coffee, notebad and biscuits.. ;D..other week I did manage to know the coffee all over and get everything on my messy desk wet and in the 'not fully closed' draws.. ::) What a mess it was..good thing is..that my desk is now dust free and much tidier.
I've got bad habit getting piles of notes and scribbles amount.. :-X

[Lishka]

Hey Plainleaf, what do you understand by the term 'bi-weekly'?

For us it means twice a week, for you it means fortnightly. But, oh! I forgot - the term 'fortnight' ( a period of two consecxutive weeks)  isn't in the US vocabulary. :o

It's a linguistic nightmare out there, I tell ya ;D

[GrannieAnnie]

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guess have remember not to type on 2 screens at once while drinking hot liquids,  one computer at a time instead of 2.Oh...that is asking for the trouble. I've got enough to manage with one screen, mouse, earphones, coffee, notebad and biscuits.. ;D..other week I did manage to know the coffee all over and get everything on my messy desk wet

Surely it was only the biscuits that was the last straw, goodlife ;D

[goodlife]

HOW did you guessed.. :o ;D..it was my last two bickies as well..all in soggy mess and not even crumb reached my mouth.. ::)

[Kea]

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guess have remember not to type on 2 screens at once while drinking hot liquids,  one computer at a time instead of 2.Oh...that is asking for the trouble. I've got enough to manage with one screen, mouse, earphones, coffee, notebad and biscuits.. ;D..other week I did manage to know the coffee all over and get everything on my messy desk wet and in the 'not fully closed' draws.. ::) What a mess it was..good thing is..that my desk is now dust free and much tidier.
I've got bad habit getting piles of notes and scribbles amount.. :-X

I wonder how my son gets on with 3 screen's and keyboards, laptop and android phone on the go together ???
Sorry I digress........!

[Robert_Brenchley]

I obviously didn't realise there was a page I hadn't seen; it's a mistake I make regularly. I was actually looking at a post about swedes and rutabagas.