Planting Strategies
Master the art of garden timing and placement. This category covers high-yield planting strategies, including successional sowing, intensive spacing, and climate-specific timing. Our goal is to provide the strategic frameworks you need to maximize your garden’s output while maintaining long-term soil vitality.
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Growing Tomatoes in Containers (Stop Using 5-Gallon Buckets)
Container gardening often ends in heartbreak: lush, green growth in June followed by yellowing leaves and stunted fruit by August. This failure is rarely a “black thumb” issue; it is an engineering failure. Most standard advice—particularly the suggestion that a 5-gallon bucket is sufficient for a beefsteak tomato—is incorrect. It leads to root restriction and
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The Truth About Companion Planting: Which Pairs Actually Work (And Which Are Myths)
You’ve probably heard the old gardening wisdom: “Plant Marigolds everywhere to keep bugs away!” or “Basil makes tomatoes taste sweeter!” It sounds nice. But is it true? The reality is that Companion Planting—the practice of growing different plants together for mutual benefit—is a mix of brilliant science and total folklore. If you pair the wrong plants (like Beans and