Interplanting
Planting two or more different crops in the same row or bed without overcrowding is called interplanting. For example, mature pepper plants need a 12-inch spacing. After a pepper transplant is set into the garden, there will be space between plants that won’t be needed until the pepper plant matures. This leaves room between the peppers to plant a fast-growing crop, such as radishes, leaf lettuce or spinach. Remember that two or more of these planting methods may be combined. For instance, by combining succession planting with intercropping, beans can be sown a week or two before early cabbage is harvested and a staggered planting of broccoli would allow an interplanting of lettuce seedlings.