Posted: 10/7/2015 1:03:25 PM EDT
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What kind of corn, squash,
and beans for the mountains of WNC? I would like to use acorn squash. I intend to prep the ground soon, for a growing attempt next spring. Any input appreciated. John |
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I did the three sisters method for the first time this year. Used Johnny SS2742 corn, Agway summer squash, and easy pick pole bean from Johnny. I used the standard 3 sisters mound planting method found on Google (with tighter spacing). Long story short, next season I will omit the pole beans. The beans surprisingly added a decent amount of weight to the mature stalks. This meant that the corn had no chance of righting itself after a blow down. I ended up setting a grid of twine to help support my corn and then eventually cut out 90% of the beans. Wasn't worth the hassle. The summer squash did awesome with the corn though. My plot was about 18'x10'. This area produced 84 ears of corn and more summer squash then I will ever want again. The real beauty was that I didn't have to weed the plot at all.
Fert schedule: prepped with 10-10-10, 46-0-0 at V6, 46-0-0 at silk, had to add potassium sulfate mid season. |
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GM,
Thanks for the concise & detailed info. Very much appreciated. John Quoted:
I did the three sisters method for the first time this year. Used Johnny SS2742 corn, Agway summer squash, and easy pick pole bean from Johnny. I used the standard 3 sisters mound planting method found on Google (with tighter spacing). Long story short, next season I will omit the pole beans. The beans surprisingly added a decent amount of weight to the mature stalks. This meant that the corn had no chance of righting itself after a blow down. I ended up setting a grid of twine to help support my corn and then eventually cut out 90% of the beans. Wasn't worth the hassle. The summer squash did awesome with the corn though. My plot was about 18'x10'. This area produced 84 ears of corn and more summer squash then I will ever want again. The real beauty was that I didn't have to weed the plot at all. Fert schedule: prepped with 10-10-10, 46-0-0 at V6, 46-0-0 at silk, had to add potassium sulfate mid season. |