Create your own plan — step 5 of 8
Home-grown vegetables for all the coming years - without chemicals and pesticides, with only healthy soil! Thoughtful crop rotation and keeping planting breaks are essential to keep the soil fertile and healthy.
Crop rotation is a principle in vegetable growing in which plants from different plant families are grown one after another in the same growing area. The goal is to maintain soil fertility and health in the long term.
The planting break of a plant indicates how many years it may not be grown in the same growing area. As a rule, the planting break of the plant family applies to the subordinate plant species; there are only a few exceptions where the planting break of a plant species differs from the parent plant family.
Plant species: cucumber
Plant family: gourds
Planting break: 3 years
Plant species: sweet pepper
Plant family: nightshades
Planting break: 4 years
Plant species: carrot
Plant family: umbellifers
Planting break: 3 years
Plant species: broccoli
Plant family: mustards
Planting break: 5 years
Each plant belongs to a different plant family, so crop rotation is maintained.
The planting breaks can’t be kept this way. This crop planning actually harms soil health; once diseases are in the soil, they can remain there for up to 20 years.
The planting break of a plant indicates how many years it may not be grown in the same place. Sweet pepper needs a 4-year break, so it needs a growing area with 5 sub-areas or must be grown in a group with 5 growing areas and/or sub-areas. Broccoli needs a 5-year break, so it needs 6 growing areas and/or sub-areas.
Now you can see how useful good growing area planning is :) - The easiest solution now is to use our "Raised beds by the hedge" and plant the empty growing areas with vegetables that fit the crop rotation.
Raised beds by the hedge
Another solution would be to replace the sweet pepper and the broccoli - which is of course sad.
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GrowSimply creates your vegetable growing plan and important to-dos automatically and manages everything for you! Crop rotation, planting breaks, companion plantings, the right timing, and annual rotation are considered for all coming years.
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Crop rotations and planting breaks are among the central topics in vegetable growing. Diseased soil is the invisible enemy of every plant; in diseased soil even the most robust plants cannot thrive. Soil is the heart of your garden. Keeping it healthy is the foundation.
Shall we look at companion plants?
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