When planting garlic, you need to follow many rules that relate to the selection of a place for planting, soil preparation and planting material. But it is equally important that all crops on the site be planted in such a way that the garlic has the “right” neighbors. Many beginning gardeners make the irreparable mistake of planting incompatible crops nearby. Let's try to give some tips that will help avoid unpleasant consequences, and we'll figure out what can be planted next to garlic.
Correct crop rotation has great value in any gardening farm. Experienced gardeners carefully plan where and what beds will be located, what will grow on them. It takes into account what crops grew in the garden in the previous year. Compatibility with other crops is important; if the combination is chosen correctly, berries, vegetables, and green crops will not get sick, and in the fall they will delight you with a healthy and rich harvest.
Unsuitable crops can inhibit plant growth. They will “reward” the plant with many diseases, fungal infections, which will adversely affect the harvest or lead to death. All this fully applies to garlic, the most popular vegetable in the garden.
Predecessors of garlic
You can’t just choose a place to plant and plant garlic. It is necessary to know what plants grew in this place. Each crop has its own effect on the growth of garlic.
It is not recommended to plant garlic after garlic and onions. It is better to give preference to melons and grain crops. These plants and also forage grasses, legumes saturate the soil with useful microelements and have a positive effect on mineral composition. This allows you to get big harvest healthy large bulbs.
Undesirable crops for garlic are radishes, carrots, and turnips. Coriander, mint, basil, and celery are also not suitable as predecessors. Lettuce is also not perceived by garlic as a previous crop, although it grows well next to it. Strong and aromatic heads of garlic can be collected if you plant the vegetable after potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, squash or pumpkin. It is worth noting that garlic itself is a good precursor for almost all crops.
What to plant next to garlic
What to plant garlic with? Are there any plants that cannot grow next to this spice? Garlic contains a high concentration of biologically active substances; in the garden it plays the role of a suburban fungicide that successfully copes with any fungal infections. The plant also produces phytoncides that suppress the growth of pathogenic bacteria. These qualities of garlic have a beneficial effect on most neighbors of the crop, nourishing and strengthening the plants.
For example, potatoes and healthy garlic crops together help potatoes suffer less from late blight. When planting garlic between strawberry bushes, you can repel most insects that harm the crop from the garlic. If the garlic bed is located next to lettuce and carrots, this will help get rid of the psyllid or carrot fly, which often infect carrots.
Garlic becomes a good companion for vegetables and herbs. You can plant the cloves between plants such as cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, and any types of salads.
What to plant next to garlic? Garlic is a real protector of flowers and berries. The proximity to currants, raspberries, gladioli, roses and tulips is especially favorable.
Onions and garlic: together or separately
Is it possible to plant onions together with garlic? This question often worries gardeners. We have already found out that garlic should not be planted after onions, but how do these crops behave when located next to each other? Vegetable growers have different opinions on this matter. Growing onions and garlic in neighboring beds bad choice. This is not strictly prohibited, but these crops belong to the same family and have the same diseases.
These plants have a lot in common: they are planted at the same time, they also ripen almost at the same time, these crops feel good only in sunlight. Therefore, if the area is small, you need to save space and you can place the plants nearby. It is still not recommended to plant onions and garlic close to each other in the same bed; the distance should be approximately 15 cm. You just need to carefully ensure that planting material there were no pests or diseases.
Garlic and strawberries: better together
Strawberries (strawberries) and garlic are the friendliest neighbors. They can only benefit each other. From such combined (joint) plantings, everyone benefits, both the crops and the gardener. Garlic is a biological protector of strawberries from pests, as well as fungal and underground diseases of strawberries. This becomes possible due to the released phytoncides.
Garlic not only repels slugs, but also mole crickets and larvae chafer. Both plants are moisture-loving. Once every five to six days it is necessary to water the beds. Some gardeners grow garlic in strawberry beds, but do not dig it up, but only cut the greens in the summer. On next year The garlic harvest will also be good. Strawberry-cabbage, strawberry-cucumber, strawberry-carrot are also excellent neighboring crops.
Combination of garlic with legumes
After legumes garlic grows well, but it doesn’t want to see beans and peas among its neighbors. These vegetables don't want to get along with each other. They get sick, their productivity decreases. Peas-cucumbers - good combination, but beans and peas also conflict with each other. Vegetables have complex relationships, don't they?
Mixed planting: planting or harm
Mixed cultivation (alelopathy) is special kind cultivating several crops in one bed, planted according to a certain pattern. Is such a landing relevant? For which crops is it needed and why?
The advantage of planting multiple crops is that each plant performs its own function, protecting each other. Even the American Indians cultivated plants according to this principle. The most popular combination: corn, peas and pumpkin. Peas saturate the soil with nitrogen, pumpkin fights weeds, and corn serves as support. The main task is to choose the right crops. Some plants growing near others can improve their flavor. For example, celery and onions improve the taste of tomatoes. Cucumbers next to sunflowers will grow crispy and juicy.
But garlic rarely wins in any neighborhood, despite all its beneficial properties. A bed of garlic should not be located next to peanuts or lentils. These crops stop developing and bearing fruit normally. Planting perennial onions next to garlic will not grow. But garlic grows excellently with raspberries and currants, having a beneficial effect on berry crops.
When planting different crops in the same bed, it is necessary to strictly follow the planting pattern. Plants should not block sunlight from each other. It is necessary to take into account the height of each plant that will grow together, ensuring tiered planting. The main crops should be higher than the compactors. This planting creates favorable conditions for the root system.
The disadvantages of the method include the fact that allelopathy is a too complex planting method. It requires deep knowledge of all crops, their properties, growing times, and also great experience. It is better for novice gardeners not to risk planting, because incorrect planting of at least one plant will lead to the destruction of the crop.
Each summer resident has a piece of land on his plot, given over to a garden. In the desire to harvest a large harvest, gardeners make beds at close distances from each other, without specifying which vegetables can grow together and which are strictly prohibited from blooming nearby.
Features of culture
Onions play a big role in human life. Its vitamins can destroy microbes present in the body. This healthy vegetable is added to almost all culinary delights. And they are even used in alternative medicine recipes.
Knowledgeable gardeners prefer to grow onion sets. This type of plant is more tolerant to weather conditions, is practically not susceptible to diseases, does not require much care, and most importantly, it ripens very quickly. You need to know that the bed for planting onions should be chosen more carefully. His predecessors must leave behind well-groomed soil with a lot of various fertilizers. In general, the ideal ancestors for sets are zucchini, cabbage and pumpkin.
Seeds should be planted when the ground has finally warmed up and the weather no longer threatens frost. After planting, the bed can be covered with film, which will save the plant from accidental morning frost.
Onions love sunlight very much; if the area allows, you can make beds in a separate bright place. Against this background, taking into account the care of the plants, the onion yield after ripening will be very high.
Best neighbors
Very good idea plant carrots next to the onions. These vegetables are engaged in mutual assistance and save each other from pests. Along with this, carrots good relations with garlic, which can also be wonderfully located on the neighboring ridge.
In this regard, it should be emphasized that garlic is unique plant. After it, you can plant any vegetable in the same place. But under no circumstances should you plant garlic in a former onion bed. In neighboring combinations, onions and garlic can coexist beneficially, but planting them in the same bed is strictly prohibited. They will constantly compete for moisture and nutrient medium entering the soil. After some time, this struggle will lead to depletion of the soil, which will have a detrimental effect on the quality of the crop.
Varieties of cabbage, kohlrabi and broccoli would make a good neighbor. Representatives of the cabbage species appreciate abundant watering, and onions will not mind receiving additional moisture. It is not advisable to plant these vegetable crops in one bed. Cabbage shoots can partially block the sunlight reaching the onion sprouts, causing the quality of the crop to suffer.
Onions take well to potatoes and beets in the neighboring bed. Beets, thanks to a successful neighborhood, will bear fruit much more often in time and larger in size. Even from the beginning of planting beet seedlings, onion leaves protect the neighbor’s sprouts from bright sun rays. Within a few days of such care, the beet sprouts become stronger and begin to grow rapidly.
It is considered acceptable for an onion to have a tomato as a neighbor. To be more precise, protect tomato plantings from attacks by aphids and flea beetles.
And next year, when rearranging the garden, you can plant it on former beds tomatoes. The soil in this place will be loose, fertilized, everything is as the onion needs for maximum growth.
Under no circumstances should cucumbers and onions be planted in the same bed, as many gardeners began to do, only next door. Cucumbers require a lot of watering, which can cause vegetables growing nearby to drown. But as neighbors they will be able to help each other.
You can safely plant peppers near the onions. It has a beneficial effect on its Bulgarian neighbor, stimulating its growth, feeding it with useful minerals and repelling harmful insects.
Strawberries growing next to onions feel extremely protected. Its sprouts constantly save strawberry bushes from rot, feed them with useful enzymes and help grow a good harvest.
Onions and dill can be made neighbors in the garden. They will be able to help each other with the exchange of useful microelements that have a beneficial effect on growth. In addition, they can be planted together in the aisle of tomatoes so that they can protect the tomatoes from late blight.
What can't be combined with?
In addition to the favorable proximity, there are plants that are strictly prohibited from being planted next to onion beds.
For example, classic cabbage. Unfortunately, there is no general consensus regarding the combination of these vegetables. Some say that onions give cabbage vigor and ward off pests. Others argue that there is no point in their proximity; cabbage, with its size, blocks the onion from getting sunlight, thereby limiting its ability to grow.
Beans and peas in neighboring beds will not bring any benefit. The same goes for beans, to which onion inflorescences are aggressive. The proximity of these plant species can have a detrimental effect on the onion harvest.
Otherwise, the vegetable and fruit neighborhood for onions is not a problem. The vegetable is unpretentious, although it requires care during growth. You can even combine plantings with it not only in the neighborhood, but also in the same bed.
The main thing to remember is that you cannot plant onions in one place for more than three years in a row; it is necessary to alternate plantings.
Valid options
Any rule has its certain exceptions, the same applies to the proximity of onions to some representatives vegetable crops and greenery.
Zucchini can be considered as one of the acceptable neighborhood options. In terms of characteristics, this vegetable has a tremendous resemblance to onions. For both of them, planting in the cool period of the year is unacceptable only after the arrival of stable heat. The processes of growing zucchini and onions are very similar; they do not require much work or effort for humans. It is necessary to water the plants abundantly, periodically loosen the soil above the plantings and remove harmful weeds.
It has long been proven that the combination of vegetables and various greens in the beds is considered acceptable. They do not interfere with the growth of their neighbors, on the contrary, they enrich essential microelements and minerals on mutual terms.
The combination of onion beds with parsley can be regarded as a combination of beauty and health, and joint growth will bring a huge harvest of high-quality vegetables and many bunches of fragrant herbs.
main feature parsley is beneficial properties both during cultivation and during consumption. Parsley nourishes root system its neighbor, thereby exchanging useful microelements that stimulate plant growth. The onion, in turn, protects its green neighbor from pests.
Lettuce is considered a cold-resistant crop that produces a harvest even at the beginning of frost. This greenery loves sunlight, but you can create artificial shade so that the bright rays do not leave burns on the leaves. Lettuce does not like to sit in the same bed for several years in a row. A change of location is required every year. But the neighbors must have onions. The greens will share beneficial enzymes with the vegetable, and the onion will protect its green neighbor from aphid attack.
Tips for the right combination vegetables in one bed, see the following video.
Many gardeners at the beginning of their “agricultural career” strive to grow as much as possible on their 6 acres more vegetables. The enthusiasm of a novice gardener does not dry up while seedlings are purchased or grown, while the earth is dug up, and the greenery begins to take root. To be honest, we jealously monitor how our beds grow and whether they lag behind those of our neighbors. If we are successful, we are very proud of them. But sometimes no amount of enthusiasm and hard work helps to reap a decent harvest. Something is going wrong. It seems like the weather is good, and a lot of effort has been spent...
And then the neighbor, who looked in to hear the heavy sighs, explains: “Who plants peas among onions!”
Indeed, vegetables and herbs do not always get along with each other. The proximity of some increases the harvest and diseases, the proximity of others depresses them.
Take, for example, the most common vegetable - carrots. Carrots get along well next to and mixed with peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce, beets, and chard. Carrots grow well with onions, leeks or perennial onions. Neutral to radishes and turnips. But it does not tolerate dill, celery and parsley well, and does not tolerate anise nearby.
In our gardens, dill spreads by self-sowing and often lush dill branches turn green in carrot beds by the end of June. But don’t be lazy and water the dill off the carrots and immediately put it into okroshka!
Basil grows well next to beans, peppers, fennel, cucumbers, leaf and head lettuce, tomatoes, onions, corn and zucchini. It is not recommended to plant it next to marjoram and dill.
Eggplant grows well next to bush beans, peas, and peppers; it does not like proximity to cucumbers and there are quite conflicting opinions about their proximity to other nightshades. Many gardeners who have eggplants planted next to tomatoes or next to potatoes are convinced that such a neighborhood is quite successful. Other gardeners believe that eggplants are losing their harvest. But thyme is believed to have a beneficial effect on the eggplant harvest.
Beans grow well next to many crops: corn, tomatoes and cucumbers, carrots and radishes. As for potatoes, there is one feature: beans cannot be planted mixed with potatoes, but only along the edge potato field. In the general ridge, beans lead in terms of nutrient consumption; potatoes will receive less, primarily potassium; tubers form small ones. But beans planted around the perimeter of potato beds repel moles. Beans do not like being next to onions (all types), garlic and peas. If important good harvest beans should be planted next to them with oregano or rosemary.
Grapes grow well next to radishes, radishes, bush beans, carrots, and beets. Tomatoes, cabbage, corn, onions (all types), horseradish, and soy are considered harmful to it. Regarding cabbage - White cabbage spoils the taste of grapes, but colored grapes, on the contrary, have a beneficial effect (according to Moser), just like cucumbers - not the most optimal neighbor, but definitely do not cause harm. In his experiments, Moser notes the beneficial effects of sorrel, yellow mustard, spinach, alfalfa, melon and other plants on grapes. The worst effect on grapes was: eggplant, potatoes, peppers, dandelion, wormwood, nettle.
Peas have a good relationship with carrots and cucumbers, zucchini and cabbage; they do not like onions, watercress, tomatoes, and garlic.
Strawberries are compatible in plantings with lettuce, beans, garlic, spinach, and grow well next to beets, onions, radishes, and parsley. It does not tolerate proximity to horseradish; joint planting of wild strawberries and wild strawberries is very doubtful.
Zucchini is good neighbors for it - peas, onions, lettuce, bush beans, spinach. It is not advisable to plant zucchini next to pumpkin, potatoes, radishes and radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, and parsley.
Cabbage – it’s not difficult to find a place in the garden. Many crops are friends with cabbage: bush beans, carrots, beets, beans, celery, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes (except red cabbage), leeks, beets. You can plant greens next to cabbage: dill, onions. There are conflicting opinions regarding the compatibility of cabbage and strawberries, wild strawberries (possibly depending on the varieties and method of planting), as well as parsley.
Different types of cabbage have different attitudes towards onions; a number of agronomists believe that Chinese cabbage and onions do not go together, but onions and broccoli make a good combination. We recommend basing it on your own observations.
Kohlrabi cabbage differs from other types of cabbage - it is planted next to peas, potatoes, radishes, asparagus, bush beans; it does not like proximity to tomatoes, horseradish and garlic.
Potatoes - grow next to a variety of crops, it is easier to list those that potatoes do not like: these are melons, legumes (except for bush beans or beans along the perimeter of the field), cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as raspberries, sunflowers, asparagus and celery.
Strawberries can be planted next to greens (dill, parsley, lettuce), onions, radishes, beets and beans. Doesn't like strawberries, cabbage and horseradish.
Watercress is a rather selective crop. It is good to plant it next to carrots, tomatoes, radishes, spinach, but not next to legumes, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, and herbs - celery, fennel, dill and parsley. As for onions, the data is contradictory; the German gardener Hubmann recommends joint planting of watercress, chives and spinach. A number of other gardeners indicate in their notes that watercress does not combine with onions, leeks or green onions.
Corn is rarely grown by gardeners, but if you are looking for a place for it in the beds, then preferably next to potatoes or peas. You can plant it next to cucumbers or tomatoes, but not next to grapes, celery and beets.
Onions are traditionally planted next to carrots. They protect each other from the most common pests: carrots repel onion flies, and onions repel carrot flies. Onions can also be planted next to melons, cucumbers, beets, and lettuce. Onions are contraindicated in proximity to beans (only leeks are friends with them), asparagus, and legumes.
Marjoram - can be planted next to any types of onions, carrots, turnips, spinach. Joint planting of marjoram with fennel and basil is undesirable.
Carrots grow best mixed with onions, next to peas; as already mentioned, they grow well next to many crops, but do not like being next to herbs (celery, parsley, anise). Sage and rosemary protect carrots from carrot flies.
Cucumbers are good to plant next to beans (bush and climbing), peas, beans, white cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, beets, lettuce, onions, basil, dill, fennel, radishes (not clear with radishes), garlic, spinach. Do not plant cucumbers next to potatoes, zucchini, turnips, leeks, watercress, or eggplants. The issue of joint planting of cucumbers and tomatoes is controversial and should remain at the discretion of the gardener and personal experience. The same applies to the combination of carrots and cucumbers (more data on incompatibility).
Peppers can be planted next to eggplants, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, thyme and basil. Bad neighbors for him there will be beets, any beans, fennel. An interesting question about the compatibility of pepper and kohlrabi - some sources claim that they are incompatible, others claim that kohlrabi and Bell pepper- go together wonderfully. Perhaps it depends on the type of pepper, for example, there is no data on hot pepper.
Radishes and radishes grow well alongside watercress, green onions, parsley, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, bush beans, peas and tomatoes. It is not advisable to plant radishes and radishes next to horseradish and basil.
Turnips are sweet and tasty and will grow next to legumes, watercress, marjoram, radishes, celery, and spinach. Do not plant it next to cabbage (common diseases), there is no exact data on tomatoes, but turnips are less demanding crops in terms of nutrition, tomatoes are quite demanding, so if the soil is well fertilized and nutritious, you can plant turnips next to tomatoes.
Leaf lettuce can be planted next to cabbage, onions, strawberries, dill and parsley. Does not like proximity to celery and fennel.
Beets - a favorable location for them is next to bush beans, dill, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, and zucchini. Do not plant beets next to perennial onions, peppers, or climbing beans.
Tomatoes for better harvest planted next to basil, beans, watercress, perennial onions, carrots, radishes, radish, lettuce, celery, you can plant cabbage next to it (except kohlrabi). But plant tomatoes away from grapes, peas, potatoes, as well as zucchini, kohlrabi, dill and fennel. The issue of planting tomatoes and cucumbers together is controversial; perhaps it depends on the planting method and varieties.
Pumpkins are often planted together with zucchini, but this is wrong, they are cross-pollinated, and as a result something average with low taste grows. Pumpkin can be planted next to beans, beans or peas. Although it is better to plant pumpkins separately somewhere on compost heap. The main thing is that there are no plantings of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, potatoes, peppers nearby - pumpkin takes a lot of nutrients.
Lentils and beans the requirements are quite similar - in joint plantings they are friends with radishes, spinach, cucumbers, they grow well next to tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, beets, celery; Americans often practice them with cabbage (all types). Very contradictory data with onions: it is permissible to plant leeks next to lentils and beans, but all other onions (including decorative ones) are not allowed. You cannot plant garlic, fennel, or dahlia flowers next to beans and lentils. To help beans and lentils, sowing savory in the immediate vicinity will help (repels aphids). Pumpkins and zucchini have neither a positive nor a negative effect if they are planted next door.
You can understand what to plant tomatoes next to by studying in detail the needs of the plants.
The best neighbors in the garden bed will be other nightshades that have similar agrotechnical requirements.
But it is better to move moisture-loving cucumbers to the other end of the greenhouse; these plants have difficulty getting along together.
You can understand what to plant tomatoes next to by studying in detail the needs of the plants
Joint cultivation: pros and cons
- saving space, it is especially relevant for greenhouses;
- the plantings look very beautiful, resembling not boring beds, but a thoughtful still life;
- spices, onions or garlic can protect against pests;
- some plants can speed up the ripening of tomatoes and give the fruit a pleasant taste;
- crops mutually enrich the soil, reducing the need for fertilizers;
- after tomatoes there is no need to sow the plantation with green manure;
- simplifies the care of beds;
- With mixed sowing, there is no need to change plants every year.
Despite its many advantages, joint planting also has disadvantages:
- when placed next to tall bushes (raspberries, currants), tomatoes may not have enough sun;
- some plants have excellent requirements for watering, fertilizers, and loosening;
- there is a danger of cross-pollination.
Correct plant compatibility will help avoid possible troubles. It is important to understand what to plant tomatoes next to and which crops to avoid. A thoughtful selection of predecessors, successors and neighbors will help increase productivity and simplify the care of the garden.
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Greenhouse neighbors
Selecting good neighbors is especially important when filling greenhouses or greenhouses. In a limited space, it is difficult for plants to provide diametrically opposed conditions. Best neighbors for tomatoes - other nightshades, primarily peppers and eggplants. They have similar requirements for soil composition. All these crops prefer light and nutritious soil. Perfect option- black soil or sandy loam. On loams, yields can be significantly reduced. When watering, you need to take into account that tomatoes are less moisture-loving than peppers. Will help solve the issue automatic system, precisely dosing the water supply.
Compatibility also depends on the variety. Modern first generation hybrids are more tolerant and grow well next to other plants.
You can sow greens in the rows: dill, parsley, herbs. Onions and garlic protect the bushes from pests, purple basil gives the fruits a pleasant flavor. Good neighbor for tomatoes - early vegetables: radishes, cabbage. The heads of cabbage are cut before the tomatoes begin to bear fruit, so that the crops do not interfere with each other. Nothing prevents you from planting the next batch of cabbage or lettuce after harvesting the first harvest.
From time to time, the soil in the greenhouse should rest and recover. The safest and inexpensive option- green manure plants. They enrich the soil with valuable microelements and saturate it with nitrogen. After the tomatoes, phacelia or alfalfa are planted; at the end of the season, these herbs become a natural fertilizer.
It is important to understand what to plant tomatoes next to and which crops to avoid
What to plant in an open garden
The best neighbors of tomatoes in open ground- carrots, radishes, garlic, beets, celery, radishes, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts or white cabbage, broccoli. Spicy herbs are often planted between the rows: basil, mint, lemon balm, borage. In the south, watermelons, melons, and corn can be sown next to tomatoes. All nightshades get along well with these plants; proximity to melons reduces the number of insect pests and prevents some unpleasant diseases.
In a small garden, you can plant strawberries next to the tomatoes. It is not difficult to understand what to plant after tomatoes. Legumes, various flowers, herbs that are undemanding in terms of soil nutrition are placed on depleted soil. A good option is to sow a former tomato plantation with phacelia, alfalfa, leaf mustard or soy. After tomatoes, you can plant potatoes, but you will need to add humus and mineral fertilizers to the soil.
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Predecessors and successors: rules of choice
The question of when to plant tomatoes worries all gardeners interested in a bountiful harvest. The best predecessors of tomatoes - different kinds cabbage, legumes, cabbage or leaf lettuce. These plants enrich the soil with nitrogen and other valuable microelements. You should not plant tomatoes in beds that were occupied by eggplants, potatoes, and peppers.
Green manure plants are necessary for extensive plantings. They must be sown in industrial greenhouses or in beds a year before tomato seedlings are placed on them.
As precursors that nourish the soil useful elements, various cruciferous vegetables are used: mustard, soybeans, alfalfa, white or red cabbage, pumpkin. Good green manure - cucumbers, beets, turnips, green onions, squash or zucchini.
Green manure plants are necessary for extensive plantings
Next year after tomatoes it is better to plant different varieties cabbage or occupy a plantation with legumes. They are unpretentious to the composition of the soil, and typical nightshade diseases are not harmful to peas and beans. You cannot plant tomatoes after strawberries, eggplants, potatoes, and peppers. If the area is small, it is better to divide it into 3 parts in advance. Herbs will act as an intermediate crop between incompatible plants. Within a year of sowing alfalfa or vetch, the land will be completely restored.
Questions about what to plant tomatoes after and what can be placed in the beds occupied by nightshades concern many gardeners. There are few strict contraindications; most cultures will easily tolerate the neighborhood. Don't be afraid of experiments; sometimes the most unexpected combinations bring success.
Pollution environment is the result not of chemicalization in general, but of the imperfection of the drugs used, violation of the rules for their use, insufficient development of agricultural technology methods and farming culture. With each harvest, it is extracted from the soil great amount nutrients, and if the deficiency is not artificially compensated, the land will become completely barren.
Fertilizers for crops
Compost, which is often voted for by environmentalists, is not a fertilizer, but a soil improver. It is not able to compensate for the lack of nutrients on its own. Therefore, we can talk about high yields only in the case of the integrated use of organic and mineral fertilizers. The same applies to pesticides. Despite the active fight against pests and diseases of agricultural crops, crop losses for these reasons sometimes reach 30%. Refusal of funds chemical protection plants will cause much greater losses.
How to plant vegetables
A significant drawback is that, relying on the achievements of scientific and technological progress, the modern farmer completely neglects the possibilities that the plant organism conceals. Any plant, to one degree or another, produces secretions (into the soil, air) that attract or repel insects, inhibit or promote the development of neighboring crops; Some plants need some elements, others need others, and so on. This is how plant communities are formed in nature, where there is regulation of nutrient consumption and mutual protection from pests and diseases. Unfortunately, most cultivated plants have largely lost the ability to support their lives independently.
And yet, by skillfully selecting cohabitants on the same plot, you can achieve an effect where the need for fertilizers and pesticides will sharply decrease. So, for example, potatoes early stage development needs nitrogen compounds, and the soil is depleted of them. If you plant legumes nearby, which enrich the soil with nitrogen, the balance will be restored to some extent. Moreover, if beans become a neighbor to the potatoes, the benefit will be mutual: the tubers will not suffer from wireworms and moles, and worst enemy- Colorado potato beetle.
This symbiosis of different crops is the meaning of specially developed seed maps. Understanding the patterns that determine active growth and fruiting helps to model crop compositions that are resistant to pests and equalize the consumption of nutrients from the soil. At the same time, the efficiency of using land and assimilating nutrients from it increases, costs for fertilizers and pesticides are reduced, and environmental management improves. Below is the following example.
An example of planting vegetables together
Carrots – parsley – onion sets – radishes. When planted together, these crops grow and bear fruit better. This planting scheme makes it possible to obtain high yields even on marginal lands and under unfavorable weather conditions.
Five furrows are made along the ridge, into which onions are planted at intervals of 30-40 cm. Between the bulbs are radishes. In the spaces between the furrows, two rows of parsley and two rows of carrots are sown, alternating with each other. There are nine rows in total on the ridge. After harvesting radishes, then onions, carrots and parsley occupy the entire area and produce large root crops by the end of the season.
What vegetables can be planted nearby?
- Carrot You can plant it with parsley, but it doesn’t go well with dill. Carrots receive nutrients better together with their neighbors: peas, lettuce (Chinese cabbage) and tomatoes (tomatoes).
- Onion And garlic It is best to plant with beets, lettuce and tomatoes. They do not like peas and beans or any other legumes.
- WITH beans Potatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots are friends.
- An excellent combination in obtaining nutrients is organized cucumbers: radishes, sunflowers, corn, beans and peas.
- The most prosperous neighborhood beet gets from onions.
- Tomatoes They prefer to grow together with onions and parsley, but they should not be planted with potatoes.
- Corn will serve as an ideal support for peas and beans. Plant cucumbers together with corn, it will safely hide them in the shade they so need. Corn is also planted between rows of pumpkins or potatoes.
- It is not recommended to plant potato along with pumpkin.
- Radish Best planted with peas, cucumbers or lettuce.
Research has proven that a well-chosen combination of plants can grow in one place for up to 10 years. At good care even in poor soil conditions, you can grow up to 8-9 kg of vegetables from 1 meter square of garden plot.