Organic Gardening – Inter cropping

There are a few different types of inter cropping in organic gardening. Mixed inter cropping is is basically a total mix of your crop in the available space you have for your organic gardening project. Row, or ally cropping are different crops placed in separate rows, and is a very common and neat way to do your organic gardening. It can also be called strip cropping, when you alternate one crow with one or multiple rows of another crop. Either of these methods are great for organic gardening, and I am sure there are more methods, but no need to name the all. Benefits of this for smaller organic gardening is not too have too many of the same produce or plant bunched in the same area, therefore not creating too large of a target for pests that like that certain crop or plant in your organic garden. This also allows for the use of more of the nutrients in your organic garden by two different crops that otherwise would not be utilized by other plants. Combinations of two plants that help each other in other ways are also another reason to inter crop your organic garden. For example, a plant that falls over easy in the wind and has weaker stems, could be held up by other plants in your organic garden mixed inter crop, which means you can allow them to grow and take a break from gardening to go to work or play FoxyBingo without worrying about strong winds being the end of your crops. Another even better reason is pest control, by increasing the diversity or amount of natural enemies to these pests, such as spiders, which are always great to have in your organic garden. Inter cropping in your organic garden can also limit the places where pests find optimal conditions for themselves.