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What are your planting plans?
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I was just wondering whether anyone grows the three sisters in a home vegetable garden. Did you follow a guide, or just wing it?
Mostly winged it which caused the problems. After looking more online you plant the corn first and then the beans in a few weeks and then the squash. The corn and beans are 1:1 while you have a single squash. Not like I did which was everything at the same time at a 1:1:1 ratio
Growing "three sisters" requires a lot of experimentation. You need the right corn, right pole beans and the proper squash. For example, bantam corn, with bush beans and tiny squash isn't going to do well. Don't expect your favorite varieties to produce much. Also, Native Americans didn't plow fields, they planted three sisters in various clearing.