It was a busy day of weeding onions. Predominant pesky plants include lamb’s quarter, galinsoga, and grass. But under the row covers, we’re also starting to see carpet weed, pigweed and purslane.
Aaah. Weeds.
Of course, I made weeding challenging by intercropping beets with my onions. It should get easier once things grow a little larger.
Beets germinating…intercropped with onions
Is there a particular advantage to “intercropping”?
Maximizes space and some plants actually benefit each other by boosting flavors (so I’ve read) or by deterring insect pests!