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- Mixed crops and crop rotations as a prerequisite for a rich harvest
- Optimum crop rotation in the allotment garden
- Nutrient requirements of plants are different
- The best planting partner for your vegetables
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Mixed crops and crop rotations as a prerequisite for a rich harvest
In commercial cultivation, the principle of temporal crop rotation was called early three-field farming, which was practically implemented, meaning that a field with winter rye, for example, was seconded to barley, millet or oats. The third remained fallow or was used at best as pasture for the breeding animals. One year later, the cultures changed, always paying attention to the fact that first strong-eaters and then middle or low-level deportees came into the earth.
Due to partially wrong government subsidy approaches, large parts of agriculture have turned away from these centuries-old proven principles. Among the visible consequences are the monoculture-grown corn fields, which we, as nature-conscious recreational gardeners, should not take better, for example. Among the most important principles in the home garden is that the different species and cultures should change places as often as possible.
Optimum crop rotation in the allotment garden
Wherever possible, soil fertility can be increased by resting a bed over a full year or by peas or lupins. The smaller the garden, the more difficult it will be to design, which will be even more complicated if certain types of vegetables are preferred for reasons of personal taste. In such cases, it helps to work with different types of fertilizers, which enable a healthy soil structure and correspond to the different nutrient requirements of the plants. Another positive side effect of taking periodic crop rotation into account is the reduction or spread of pests, as we know from cabbages, for example. Spores of pathogens are usually preserved in the soil and would endanger the next crops in a further planting of daisy family.
Nutrient requirements of plants are different
The nutrient requirement, which should be used as a basis for optimal garden planning, has a significant influence on the crop rotation and the optimal application of mixed cultures on the beds. Some examples:
Since even fruit trees have a massive consumption of nutrients, starvation should under no circumstances be grown in the immediate vicinity of the trees. Possible crop rotations could result from the following constellations:
The best planting partner for your vegetables
Good neighbors, bad neighbors: We do not just know you from our own living environment, for a productive home garden they are at least as important. We have summarized the most important facts for you and a detailed database is also available on our garden journal.
Our tip: What was the name of this particularly tender radish variety and which tasty carrot species stood on the fence in front of the fence? Every year, it's best to take notes that you keep in a gardening journal along with self-shot smartphone photos. In it, also note the yields or less well-managed crops, so that the next garden planning succeeds easier and better.