Secrets of experienced gardeners: what to plant after garlic next year, and what crops to avoid
Garlic repels not only vampires, but also other plants. Experts in the field of plant growing are confident that you can get a successful garlic harvest and keep the soil fertile by following simple rules for planting and caring for plants. You should not plant this spicy vegetable in the same place for several seasons in a row. But the vacated land should not be empty - other dacha crops can grow quite comfortably here.
What to plant after garlic, how to properly feed plants and fertilize the soil in a former garlic bed, you will learn from our article.
Why is it so important to follow the planting sequence?
Experienced summer residents are familiar with the concept of crop rotation. This rule provides for a certain scheme for planting plants on a summer cottage or personal plot. The main principle here is to “move” the plants around the area next year., preventing repeated planting of the same crops in the same bed.
Benefits of proper crop rotation
First of all, it is necessary for the soil to gain strength and restore the balance of nutrients that it gave to the plant.
Crop rotation reduces the likelihood of soil contamination by pathogens and pests, in particular stem nematodes. These thread-like worms are a threat to crops. Experienced gardeners, as a rule, draw up a planting schedule ahead of time, for 2-3 years.This event will help to avoid repetitions when planting and monitor the required amount of fertilizer in the beds.
Important! The correct arrangement of crops in the garden bed will not only increase productivity, but also make it easier to care for the plants.
For example, thanks to the biologically active substances contained in garlic, there are no fungal spores in its beds. The main pests of carrots, the carrot fly and the psyllid, also cannot tolerate the smell of garlic. By planting these plants nearby, you will free yourself from pest control - the vegetables will do it themselves.
Garlic will also help in the fight against the main enemy of potatoes – the Colorado potato beetle. To ensure that harmful insects avoid the tubers, you need to plant a plant with a characteristic smell around the area with potatoes. It also repels aphids, ants and bedbugs, which love raspberries and currants, and representatives of the nightshade family (eggplant, tomatoes) grow better next to garlic and are less damaged.
What not to plant next to garlic
The bad neighbors of this representative of the onion subfamily are plants of the legume family. Lentils, beans, peas and other beans should not be planted next to our hero: they will bloom poorly and give a meager harvest. Spicy herbs also do not tolerate proximity to garlic: the essential oils of these plants enter the soil, are absorbed by the root system of garlic and slow down its growth and development.
What can you plant after garlic?
The spicy vegetable is quite unpretentious and does not require much effort to grow it. It is important to choose the right place to plant. The area should be open to sunlight. The beds must be made convenient for processing and high so that water does not accumulate.If there is enough organic fertilizer in the soil, you will get exactly the harvest you were hoping for.
After harvesting, the land must be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate. Then do deep plowing and apply fungicides ( agents to combat pathogens of bacterial, viral and fungal diseases) and insecticides that destroy harmful insects. After this, other crops can be planted on the prepared and pest-free area.
It is recommended to plant annual herbs, cucumbers, legumes, and winter wheat in the vacant bed.
Garlic alternates especially well with cucumbers: both crops are guaranteed high yields.
As shown by long-term observations of plant growers, Umbrella plants will give good seedlings in the former “garlic” plot (dill), as well as strawberries. And so that the land does not become empty between plantings, you can sow wheat, rye or mustard on it in winter.
Important! If the size of the plot allows, then the soil after garlic should be allowed to rest for at least 2 years.
What not to plant after garlic
There are also plants that categorically do not like places where garlic has “inherited”. Oddly enough, this is its closest relative - the onion. They require the same nutrients from the soil. Therefore, if you plant an onion, it will not receive the necessary nutrients - their predecessor has already selected them.
Attention! Both onions and garlic require potassium fertilizers for normal growth.
If garlic pests remain in the ground overwinter, then in the spring they will start attacking onions - they do not notice the difference between these crops.
After what crops can garlic not be planted?
It doesn't have many unwanted predecessors. It is not recommended to plant garlic after root crops, which actively use the nutrients in the soil and quickly deplete it. After potatoes, carrots, beets and other root vegetables, the soil needs organic fertilizers and rest.
Vegetable growers also do not recommend planting garlic after spices that have pronounced aromatic properties. These are cilantro, parsley, mint, basil, coriander. Spices inhibit the development and worsen the aromatic properties of garlic.
It is not recommended to plant garlic after onions. The reasons are the same - due to the similarity of crops, the land will not have time to recover between harvests.
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Conclusion
To get a good harvest, you do not need to be a certified agronomist or a summer resident with many years of experience. You just need to remember the main rule of crop rotation: do not plant the same plants in the same bed more than once every 3 years.
Proper alternation of vegetable crops with others, proper planting and reasonable care, as well as compliance with all the above recommendations will allow you to grow high-quality garlic and create comfortable conditions for growing other crops.