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- Mixed culture - the good neighborhood in the vegetable patch
- What effects does the right mixed culture have?
- Examples of good and bad neighbors
- Tips
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Mixed culture - the good neighborhood in the vegetable patch
The well-planned mixed culture in the vegetable patch ensures higher yields, as the mutually supporting plants are more resistant to disease and less susceptible to pests. But not only good neighborliness is important: plants that do not like each other should not be next to each other.
What effects does the right mixed culture have?
Some plants promote growth mutually. In other cases, only one vegetable plant supports the other. A good example of this is the combination of onions and beetroot found in many cropping plans. Although the beet benefits from the onion, the onion has a rather negative effect on the onion.
Sometimes the forced neighbors in the vegetable patch get along so badly that they take care of it and bring very little income. Therefore, it makes sense to consider in the growing plan both the crop rotation, as well as the good or bad neighborhood.
Examples of good and bad neighbors
Tips
If you draw the cultivation plan for the mixed culture in winter, you should not ignore the location requirements of the vegetables. Some crops, such as the zucchini, become so large that they can crush their neighbors. Overlapping, despite good neighborhood, easily lead to pest infestation. Take this into account in the planting plan.