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Companion plants for carrots?

2ajsmama
9 years ago

I've got 2 rows of carrots 1 ft apart - not doing well. Seeded after the holiday per Johnny's calculator, germinated very quickly. I tried to keep them covered with damp burlap on the 90-degree days but lost some and others are growing very slowly.

So since these are in a tunnel, I'm going to seed more in the 24 ft of empty beds I have - what can I put in the middle? I think I'll have to keep those beds covered until the carrots germinate, but it might be cool enough during Aug that I can leave the original ones uncovered now.

Something that will shade them for the next couple of months like summer squash? Or something low-growing (and shallow rooted) like lettuce? It's a little early for lettuce yet, but about time to seed tatsoi, mustard, kale (late for kale according to Johnny's but in the tunnel should be OK).

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