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Grape/melon/bean and kiwi/cucumber/bean?

 
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As the title says, I am wondering if anyone has any ideas if grouping kiwi with cucumbers and beans would be an issue and if grapes ( Concord types) will be fine with melons and beans.

We have a new property and I moved a bunch of things and was able to prep their spaces in the fall. The grapes and kiwi are planted with spacing for their eventual sizes, but that will take a few years. For now, it would be great to use that prepped space as well as their support arch for annual crops and I was hoping to do the combos above.
Any issues anyone knows about?
 
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Hi Dian,
I've no exact experience, so can only guess a little bit. I've grown both kiwi and grapes in my polytunnel and they are both pretty vigorous growers producing lots of broad leaves.
The melon and cucumber will both want good fertile soil to do well - the addition of the beans ought to help with that as they can fix nitrogen.
I think the only thing I could see being likely to be an issue is if there is a lack of air circulation and humid conditions leading to fungal issues with all those large leaves. I don't know how likely it is with you. You could just go ahead and see what happens, or if you often get moulds, then maybe plant fewer of the climbers; either the beans or the melon/cucumber but not both.
 
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I planted grapes in the back of my veggie garden. Being addicted to my garden the grapes are now in the middle of the garden. They are planted in the ground, and the veggies are in raised hugel beet beds. The beans planted near the grap do very well. This year I planted them a little late. This has been a problem because I don't think they are getting enough light. The beans on the grape side are much smaller than the ones planted at the same time on the other side.  But they look healthy. I don't mind. Once the grapes are ripe I will cut it back a little. Then the Beans will continue to grow ( I hope) it will be like a strange  consecutive planting. Anyway we have a ton of grapes. I don't know about kiwi, but everything else seems to grow great together.
Good luck
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