After any crops, in no case should you plant cabbage in this place. Don't make mistakes like me
Greetings to all fans of vegetable growing! Mastery comes with experience, as I was personally convinced of. Every year I experiment and try to relocate the crops I planted last season.
But this time, such a "castling" cost me a good harvest. I want to share with you the unsuccessful result of planting cabbage, and also tell you why it can not be planted anywhere.
And everything seems to be according to the rules ...
It is known that not all plants get along peacefully with each other. Crops that have been planted in one season can affect the yield of the next.
Therefore, vegetable growers recommend not choosing, for example, the same place for a tomato year after year. Crops of the same species severely drain the soil. They do not disappear from the ground without a trace - bacteria form in place of their remains and pests appear.
Remembering this rule, I did not plant the same plant in one place more often than once every four years. But crop rotation is not only a banal alternation. It must be carried out competently.
Sad discovery
In the beginning, I attributed the poor harvest to a bad year and imperfect weather conditions. Then she blamed the disease and pests, although earlier it was possible to grow cabbage without problems.
Armed with the advice of other vegetable growers, I decided to track what else could affect the death of the crop. I found out that my main mistake was the wrong order in planting different crops in the same place.
Make a note
Everything is not so scary and difficult when I studied the question. For example, there are vegetables that severely deplete the soil's nutrient supply, which makes cabbage grow tasteless. This is provided that normal heads of cabbage could form in it. These crops include horseradish, daikon, radish.
It is worth thinking twice, and it is better to completely abandon the idea of planting cabbage in the place of pumpkin or zucchini. After them, the new culture will "hurt" and suffer from a violation of the development of the root system.
Cabbage and turnips are incompatible on the same territory. The latter brings with it to the next harvest a lot of pests. Turnip also affects the storage quality of cabbage - you will soon have to throw it out.
When space is tight
Not every gardener has a vegetable garden that allows you to freely move crops from place to place. The ideal option is not to plant cabbage in the same area for three years.
If the area of the garden does not allow this, then the place after harvesting is sown with peas or lupines. These plants will again fill the earth with useful substances.