The 3 sisters planting method is a traditional planting method (American & Mexican) which involves growing corn, beans and squash together in groups.
1. Start with planting the corn. Followed by the beans & then the squash. *Squash is a plant in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). The main difference of squash with pumpkin is that pumpkins have hard & jagged stems while squash skin is smoother & they have an elongated shape. Some examples: pumpkin, zucchini, kamo kamo
2. Corn acts as trellis for the beans to climb.
3. Beans give nitrogen to the soil and provides strength to the corn stalks for wind protection.
4. Squash large leaves are great for keeping the soil moist and helping reduce weeds.
5. They have amazing taste when combined in many recipes.
6. Sunflowers can also be a substitute to corn.
7. Watermelon, cucumber, melon can also be part of this planting method.
