What Can & Can't I plant near each other?

Google "companion planting".

For a start, you might try

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I just pulled up all the spinach in the garden, bagged it, and threw it in the freezer. In its place, I put watermelon. Location is between tomatoes and jalapeno peppers. Gimme a chart for this combo. Dave

"Ron H" wrote in news:4650749b$0$4842$ snipped-for-privacy@news.newsgroup-binaries.com:

Are you worried about cross-pollination? Don't. Unless you save the seeds to plant next year, it won't matter.

On May 21, 7:22 am, FragileWarrior to plant next year, it won't matter.

Please tell me more about cross-pollination. Sounds interesting. Thanks, Johnny

Johnny wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@u36g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

Short answer is that the seed you just planted already contains the DNA hard-wiring for this year's crop. A pumpkin will just be a pumpkin no matter what it is planted next to. However, if you plant it close to another vegetable that can cross-pollinate with it, the seeds *from the cross-pollination* will no longer be a pumpkin. If you save and plant them next year, you will get some hybrid off-spring that probably won't make you too happy.

Here's a thread that goes into some of the aspects of cross-pollination:

waterpenos or tomamelons as jalapenos and tomatoes planted either side of the watermelons? Spicy water melons and rich, acidy melons. Anything goes with beer, I guess. Dave

"Dave" wrote in news:fqp4i.17742$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:

WHOOHOO! And if it doesn't? Pickle it!

You have to be over 18 to talk about "that".

Persephone

HA!