Companion planting in containers works the same way as companion planting in your garden bed. Plants are grown together or in proximity to each other so they can provide different benefits to each other.
Follow-on planting is choosing certain plants to be planted in the same space or very close to each other through the seasons.
In this photo there are two types of kale and one type of broccoli that were planted last fall. In early spring the lettuce was planted. Most of the lettuce was harvested by the time this photo was taken, althoguht one is in the right container. Other kales had been harvested to plant the lettuce. By harvesting the lettuce we made room to plant tomato seedlings, so …..
- Fall planted kale – harvested in late winter and into spring made room for
- Spring planted lettuce (and there were radishes too) which, when harvested made room for
- Spring planted tomato seedlings
- Once all kale and broccoli is harvested, put a few scallions, a basil, a marigold or more lettuce around your tomato
- As your summer crops die back, are harvested or are no longer productive – plant kale again and start over !
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