{"id":24430,"date":"2021-07-09T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/?p=24430"},"modified":"2022-08-09T01:59:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T05:59:07","slug":"mixed-culture-which-plants-are-ideally-suited-to-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/mixed-culture-which-plants-are-ideally-suited-to-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed culture: which plants are ideally suited to each other?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A successful mixed culture has many advantages. Here you can find out what you need to know in order to plant the right plants in the bed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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In a mixed culture, the influences of different plants have a positive effect on each other [Photo: Irina Fischer \/ Shutterstock.com]\n

Mixed culture was invented on farms in the early 19th century. Because, contrary to what the \u201ccottage garden\u201d in many botanical gardens suggests, before the 20th century cottage gardens were by no means neatly divided by box hedges, sorted according to aesthetic criteria and properly cared for. Rather, it was a question of fields on which crops for humans and animals grew unseparated and thus formed a diverse community. In this way, positive influences of the plants on each other were used and space, water and fertilizer were saved. Overall, the yield of the area was increased, while the expenditure for the resulting food and feed remained low. In return, such an area had to be looked after and cared for a little more intensively so that it did not become completely overgrown. Today this type of cultivation is called “mixed culture” and can be found in ecological cultivation guidelines, for example in Demeter cultivation. We introduce you to the mysterious world of mixed plantings.<\/p>\n

<\/span> What are the advantages of mixed cultures?<\/span><\/h2>
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