Can I do cukes, zucchini, and squash for 3 sisters??

[eirual]

I'm going to do corn and beans, but quite frankly I don't want a million squash. Can I do 1/3 squash, 1/3 zucchini, and 1/3 cucumbers for ground-cover of the Three Sisters?

[chase_mommy]

I sure hope so, I already planted mine that way. I also planted pumpkin and watermelon.

[limette]

Yes you can. It's just for shade anyways, the beans are the biggy for the nitrogen.

[Carley]

Originally Posted by chase_mommy

I sure hope so, I already planted mine that way. I also planted pumpkin and watermelon.

Me too!!! I hope it works out... it's my first year even attempting corn and melons. Seattle is pretty dodgy.

I've got a 4' corn variety (clearly a hybrid, but in this climate hybrid corn is the only way to go) & a 7' overall clearance to the top of my hoop frame.

Crossing fingers! If I get just one melon I'll be stoked

[aniT]

I am starting mine this weekend since i just found out about it a few weeks ago. I am going to use sugar pumpkins and maybe some cucumbers. Watermelons I believe need a lot of heat and a lot of water. So I wasn't even going to bother with them. Most watermelon around here is grown in Eastern Oregon.

I read somewhere else that you can put other cool crops in there like lettuce. I was thinking of putting some cauliflower in there to see how that goes.

[jocelyndale]

Well, zucchini *are* squash.

But yeah. I've done crookneck, zucchini, lemon cukes, and pumpkin before.

Of course, the squash vine borers will eat any and all of those. : THey don't always go for the cukes if there's squash. So that year, I had a moderate amount of lemon cukes and very few squash.

[kcstar]

And sunflowers are also used in some 3 sisters plans. Same concept as the corn, they provide a trellis. I'm planning to do cukes with my sunflowers, beans with my corn, and squashes (pumpkin, squash, watermelon) around.