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Succession sowing at 2-3 week intervals extends harvest for short-DTM crops.

Promising · suboptimal if ignored → advise

How it works

Staggered maturity.

The evidence

Evidence: confirmed against 1 source in the research-based literature.

the source

Penn State Extension Master Gardener (Lancaster Co.), 'Succession Planting', extension.psu.edu/programs/master-gardener/counties/lancaster/idea-gardens/the-raised-bed-garden/succession-planting (read 2026-07-11): 'Succession planting extends the vegetable harvest'; 'Plant one crop, then approximately 2 weeks (or more) later, plant the same crop in another area to have a continual harvest.'

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