This is not to keep my children from fighting over the garden after my demise. This is to keep the garden producing all year. There are several phases of succession planning. The overall garden plan needs to be considered. If inter-planting techniques are used, the succession may take care of itself. Greens or salad stuff may be planted at the edge of the squash beds (rows). When the greens start to bolt, they can be pulled off to leave more room for the squash. Summer squash takes a lot of space when it starts producing.
Some things can be planted at intervals to provide a longer eating season. Spinach, lettuce, carrots and radishes are good examples of this. Increasing day length causes the spinach and lettuce to bolt so the succession crops of these will be short lived. Old radishes and carrots tend to get woody as the season progresses.
Squash and tomato plants will produce until frost; but the plants get shabby and production declines. A follow-up crop in June will assure a continuous supply of these summer delights, to mix with the okra and lima beans. Potatoes will be finished in July in Charlotte. Peas will be finished in June. These rows or beds make a great place for follow-up plantings.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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