Comments on: Garden Crop Rotation – Vegetable Crop Families

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:33:04 +0000

In reply to Shirley. Well you can move where you plant in the bed, but that's about all, it won't be as effective.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 07:17:04 +0000

I only have one 3×6 raised bed. (Hubby won’t give up more lawn space than that.) Is crop rotation even possible?

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:02:15 +0000

In reply to Mary. Mary, the main idea of crop rotation is that the same plant (and family) isn't planted in the same bed for hopefully 3-4 years. Just group your crops in a rotation that works for your garden and allows you to rotate crop groupings every 4 years.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:53:11 +0000

Rick you list 9 family names in the article above but in your crop rotation article you only list 4 family names of rotation.
Some of my main crops are purple hull peas, corn, okra, and melons. How do they fit in the rotation? Can you show me a rotation plan with them included. I’m new to all this and I have spent a lot of money getting this started by hauling in truckloads of organic soil, organic fertilizers and buying heirloom seeds and plants. I don’t want to mess this up!
I planted tomatoes, okra, corn, peppers, potatoes, purple hull peas, green beans, Lima beans, sweet potatoes, squash, zucchini, onions, garlic, chives, radishes, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupes, kale, turnips and mustard greens.
Thank you for any help you can give me with rotation of these crops.
Confused but Very grateful.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 20:31:16 +0000

In reply to Lois. If that is most of what you grow then you will have a hard time with rotation. But there still could be some value, plant peppers in one bed and move them to another the next year, etc.

By: Lois

Lois — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:00:26 +0000

Is there any value in rotating veggies within the Solanaceae family? This family takes up more than 80% of my garden, so regular crop rotation doesn’t work for me. (Rabbits eat all the legumes and brassicas that I plant, so I’ve pretty much given up on them.)

By: April

April — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 01:23:08 +0000

In reply to Rick. Whew! One less worry... thank you!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:22:58 +0000

In reply to April.

April,
You’re overthinking it a bit. Any family can be neighbors with others, that is something you don’t need to worry about.

By: April

April — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:37:11 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I’m a new gardener and need all the info and guidance I can get! How does one know what plant families can be neighbors in each quadrant?