Vegetable Crop Rotation
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Crop Rotation for Vegetables
When growing vegetables in the garden most people tend to grow the same crops year after year. This is not surprising really, as we grow the crops that we prefer to eat and we also tend to grow the plants that we have the most success growing.
One thing that most gardeners seem to do is grow the same vegetables in the very same place in the garden each year. You will tend to have a spot for your tomatoes and a spot for your pumpkins and so on. The problem with planting the same crops in the same place each year is the effect it has on the nutrients in the soil.
Plants will extract the nutrients that they need from the soil for their specific requirements each season. By planting the same crops in the same places you can get nutrient deficiencies.
This is where crop rotation can enhance the value of your soil. By rotating where you plant your vegetables each season, you will be giving the soil the opportunity to produce better results, as there won’t be the same demands on the nutrients in the soil, when there is a different plant growing there from last season. Also, this practice will prevent the build-up of soil-borne pests and diseases
To improve the soil quality even more, you should dig in the remains of the crops once the season has finished, allowing some of those nutrients to be put back into the soil. In the off-season you can also grow cover crops in the garden.
These are crops that are grown specifically to add nitrogen to the soil. They also have high nitrogen value in their roots and when they are ready, you dig them into the soil.
With vegetable crop rotation you can expect a better harvest each year, as the new planting of vegetables will have more nutrients to feed them and there will be less problem of pest and disease.
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