Need advice please re pot sharing.

I know Jerusalem Artichoke is a root vegetable (grew them in my last property) and this year I have a couple of courgette plants which I understand are all above soil action.

So: would a planter containing the two "work"? Even for just *this* year?

Thank you.

 

It is doable in a large planter of, say, 1 square metre, although it will not be ideal for the courgette.

You would get up to 10 Jerusalem Artichoke and 2 courgette plants in the square meter. Locate the tall growing JA plants at the back where they will not shade the courgette plants.

It will not be ideal for the courgette plants because they need good spacing and airflow around them to prevent powdery mildew.

Watering and fertilising requirements are roughly the same for each type of plant.

 

Thank you @misterQ and @Marley Farley for your sage advice; taken on board and will have a rethink. I do have other containers so I could easily keep them separate which, on balance, would suit their requirements much better