People who have been successful in planting vegetable gardens usually know that you can't keep growing only one type of vegetable in a garden. It's usually more advisable to rotate crops instead of planting only one kind of vegetable year in and out. Rotating crops will make sure that the micro nutrients in the soil will be preserved, and that diseases will not build up in soil particulates.
Planting vegetable gardens take some careful planning on your part, and also an understanding on plant families to know which vegetable types are compatible with each other. These are some examples of groups that can be considered "compatible" and are safe to be rotated together:
Vegetables such as asparagus, rhubarbs, and other perennial vegetables must not be rotated. The more semi-annual and hardy vegetables can be rotated yearly so that no family of vegetables is planted in the same bed for four years.
It's best if you do your research first if you really plan to get the most out of planting vegetable gardens. Check which plants go together, check whether you have enough space to rotate your plants, check which plants you can actually rotate to prevent poisoning and depleting the nutrients of the soil, and spread out the type of vegetables you plant so you won't have too much of the same thing for the whole planting season.
Alliums - onions, leeks, shallots, and the likes Crucifers - such as radishes, turnips, broccoli, cauliflower, and the likes Brassicas - brussel sprouts, mustards, cabbages, kale and the likes Legumes - beans and peas Cucurbits - cucumbers, squashes, melons, etcetera Solanaceae - peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, and the likes Mescluns - arugula, endive, radiccio, etcetera
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People who have been successful in planting vegetable gardens usually know that you can't keep growing only one type of vegetable in a garden. The more semi-annual and hardy vegetables can be rotated yearly so that no family of vegetables is planted in the same bed for four years. It would also be ideal for people who planning on planting vegetable gardens to spread out the kinds of vegetables they plant so that they don't harvest too much of the same vegetable in one season. Throughout the growing season, try and plant varying types of short-season vegetables so that you'll be assured of many different types of vegetables throughout the season.
Rotating vegetables of the same family would also mean that (more often than not) they would be susceptible to the same kind of pests. This makes pest control a bit more manageable for you since you don't have to adjust to different types of pests for different families of vegetables.
It would also be ideal for people who planning on planting vegetable gardens to spread out the kinds of vegetables they plant so that they don't harvest too much of the same vegetable in one season. You wouldn't want to be stuck with too many cucumbers in one season, would you? Throughout the growing season, try and plant varying types of short-season vegetables so that you'll be assured of many different types of vegetables throughout the season.
