Harvested radishes harvested early - in late May or early June. Good owners think about how to fill the vacant beds. The soil after the radish remains fertile, on it in the summer in the same season many crops grow well, but it is unacceptable to plant some types of plants after the radish.
The importance of observing crop rotation rules in the garden
Crop rotation is a scientifically based change of plant species in a certain area, taking into account the developmental characteristics and crop needs in different periods of the growing season. After harvesting any crop in the same season or the next, you cannot plant the same crop.
Crop rotation is necessary in order to:
- to avoid the accumulation in the soil of infection and the active reproduction of pests, characteristic of a particular plant species;
- prevent the accumulation in the soil of toxic substances released by some vegetable crops;
- prevent soil depletion;
- increase the yield of the next planted crop.
To implement the above tasks, it is necessary to comply with crop rotation rules:
- not to plant the same culture or related to it on one site from year to year;
- to plant culture in the old place no earlier than after 3 seasons;
- Do not place nearby plants affected by the same infectious diseases and pests;
- consider what nutrients planted cultural species need;
- alternate plants with a superficial and deep root system.
What can be planted after radish?
It is best to take the beds after the radish:
- Tomatoes
- peppers;
- zucchini;
- eggplant;
- squash.
Melons and gourds grow well after radishes, but planting should take into account the size of the plants. Zucchini and squash small in relation to other melons, but even they need 50 square meters for full development. cm on one bush. And melons and watermelons are unlikely to fit in small beds.
Potato grows well after radish. Most varieties of potatoes are planted before the harvest of radishes, but there are varieties with a short growing season, giving a harvest before the arrival of autumn cold weather. In this case, you also have to consider the small size of the beds, which will accommodate only a few potato bushes.
Many gardeners plant legumes after radish. This is a good option, because diseases and insects that affect radishes do not touch peas and beans. And legumes themselves saturate the soil with nitrogen, and in the next season any garden crops will grow well on this site.
Celery is too late to sow celery, but you can parsley, dill, cilantro and leafy greens. Umbrella and leafy species are not the best option after radish, but acceptable. In dill and parsley, infections and pests are also not those that affect radishes, so growing does not cause problems.
Next season, potatoes and beets will grow well on the place occupied by the radish.
What can not be planted after radish?
The beds that are empty after the radish should not be occupied:
- radish;
- cabbage, radish, rutabaga and other representatives of the Cabbage family;
- carrots that are affected by the same pathology as the radish;
- onions and garlic (high probability of damage to the bulbs by pests or infection remaining in the ground).
You can return the radish to its original place after 3 seasons.
How to prepare the beds for re-sowing after harvesting the radish?
Radishes are planted one of the very first. Soil, saturated with organic matter and mineral elements, prepared for him in the fall. The growth period of the crop and the ripening of root crops is short (a month or a little more), and the plants manage to pull out only a small part of the nutrients from the soil. Therefore, the soil after radish remains loose, fertile.
Some gardeners sow radishes in row-spacings on tomato and cucumber beds. Root crops are harvested early, and the main crops have additional space for growth. However, not all regions accept early sowing of tomatoes and cucumbers.
The algorithm for preparing beds for re-sowing:
- the site is cleaned of leaf residues and weeds, the remaining roots are removed from the soil;
- They dig up the soil carefully, add compost, urea to increase fertility;
- the soil surface is leveled, watered;
- the soil is left for several days to rest.
If fertile land was originally used, then fertilizing is not necessary. After the radish, crops with a different root system are planted, drawing food from other soil layers.
Knowing and observing crop rotation rules allows you to maintain health and get a good crop of crops planted after radish. It is important to choose the right crop for cultivation and prepare the beds after harvesting the radish.