Questions tagged [crop-rotation]
Growing different crops in the same place during successive seasons.
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How far apart do tomato plantings need to be next year for crop rotation?
Instead of cramming all my tomatoes in one bed, and rotating which bed is the tomato bed each year, I like to spread them around the garden. This means disease won't spread as easily if it does take ...
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Crop rotation taking into account over wintering veggies
I'm looking for some good sources (or just ideas) for multi-season plantings that also follow rotation by plant family.
We have six beds and are trying to maximize not on only space but length of ...
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Crop rotation: by season instead of by year?
I have 3 raised beds in a small 30 m2 greenhouse, this is the first year I have it so I don't have much experience. I've been reading about crop rotation, and was wondering why you can't or shouldn't ...
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How to crop rotate garlic?
I'm trying to come up with a suitable crop rotation regimen for garlic. What are the plants suitable for planting on the "garlic space" the second and third year of rotation?
In particular I am ...
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Companion gardening - I only have one bed
In my garden, I currently have one bed divided into sections, but the division is informal. I have alliums planted on the far left, in the middle are peppers and tomatoes, and on the right I have ...
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Rotating indoor plants outdoors for pollination, fresh air, etc. How often?
Following up this question, I have a rock filled border surrounding the outside of the screened-in porch. I'm planning to have container plants both inside the screened-in area, and outside on that ...
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Should I rotate border vegetables, or plant a perimeter of onions/scallions each year?
Last year my wife and I planted our first ever organic vegetable garden (raised bed made of cedar) and pretty much just "winged it"; and surprisingly had very good yields. By "winged it" I mean, we ...
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Are there any plants that shouldn't be planted near garlic?
I recall reading something on companion planting and crop rotation that mentioned some crops shouldn't be planted near or where garlic or other alliums were planted. The reason was that those plants ...
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What plants are complementary to these plants in a crop rotation?
I would like to know what vegetables would work well in a garden with the following history:
Season 1: Tomatoes (various varieties, (vv)), eggplants, peppers (vv), basil, marigold, asparagus (did not ...
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How dangerous are the roots of brassicas (cabbage, broccoli etc)?
I've read that putting the roots of brassicas in the compost is a bad idea because of the risk of disease. I've also read that you shouldn't even plant them in the same spot for three years!
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Is it really necessary to rotate runner beans?
A firm believer in 3-year crop rotation, I sow my runner beans in a different plot every year. After they crop, I dig their stems and roots into the soil, to replenish it with their captured nitrogen; ...
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Crop rotation theory v. practice
Every guide to growing vegetables will have an early section on rotating roots, brassicas and legumes. There might even be a little diagram with neat evenly spaced and sized areas marked out for each ...
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