Ambitious certified black thumb- I’m in over my head SOS pls send help

[ChickenLady2014]

This would be the third year for tomatoes in that bed, but I remembered I’m going to do them in buckets. I found an article that makes it pretty easy, I’ll see what I can redraw.

Maybe just switching the Bed A plan to Bed B would be good enough.

My tomato plants get so huge, not certain I could do them in 5 gal buckets.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

You need that square gardening book!

No just more than 4 gardens

 

[lazy gardener]

Only the strawberries are in the same exact same place because they’re already growing from wintering over. Is rotation still important if I’m completely redoing the soil?

Crop rotation in a small garden does not have a lot of benefit when it comes to insect or disease control. B/C in a small garden, the different families are not going to be far enough removed from where they were last year to do much good. Crop rotation is most useful in monoculture crop farming where acres of a particular crop are planted at a time. They are then followed by a different crop the following year.

The only real benefit to be had from crop rotation in a small garden is to help prevent depletion of certain nutrients from the soil, or to help build nutrients after a heavy feeder has been in a certain area. For example: Plant corn or potatoes (both heavy feeders) where you had peas or beans (nitrogen fixers) the previous year. Application of a good compost will help in that regard also.

There are some benefits to be had from companion planting, and intercropping. I've found that potatoes and corn make good bed mates. Most likely b/c both are heavy feeders, so I am heavy handed with the soil amendments where they are planted.

 

[Kiki]

Hot manure???

I'm glad I'm not the only dummy!

 

[Kiki]

This would be the third year for tomatoes in that bed, but I remembered I’m going to do them in buckets. I found an article that makes it pretty easy, I’ll see what I can redraw.

Maybe just switching the Bed A plan to Bed B would be good enough.

Hey while your at it can you draw me some plans too?

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Crop rotation in a small garden does not have a lot of benefit when it comes to insect or disease control. B/C in a small garden, the different families are not going to be far enough removed from where they were last year to do much good. Crop rotation is most useful in monoculture crop farming where acres of a particular crop are planted at a time. They are then followed by a different crop the following year.

The only real benefit to be had from crop rotation in a small garden is to help prevent depletion of certain nutrients from the soil, or to help build nutrients after a heavy feeder has been in a certain area. For example: Plant corn or potatoes (both heavy feeders) where you had peas or beans (nitrogen fixers) the previous year. Application of a good compost will help in that regard also.

There are some benefits to be had from companion planting, and intercropping. I've found that potatoes and corn make good bed mates. Most likely b/c both are heavy feeders, so I am heavy handed with the soil amendments where they are planted.

I agree, my gardens aren't large enough that crop rotation helps much. Usually when squash beetles attack it hits the whole garden.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I'm glad I'm not the only dummy!

and I've been gardening all my life. We call it cover crop here.

 

[campingshaws]

Crop rotation in a small garden does not have a lot of benefit when it comes to insect or disease control. B/C in a small garden, the different families are not going to be far enough removed from where they were last year to do much good. Crop rotation is most useful in monoculture crop farming where acres of a particular crop are planted at a time. They are then followed by a different crop the following year.

The only real benefit to be had from crop rotation in a small garden is to help prevent depletion of certain nutrients from the soil, or to help build nutrients after a heavy feeder has been in a certain area. For example: Plant corn or potatoes (both heavy feeders) where you had peas or beans (nitrogen fixers) the previous year. Application of a good compost will help in that regard also.

There are some benefits to be had from companion planting, and intercropping. I've found that potatoes and corn make good bed mates. Most likely b/c both are heavy feeders, so I am heavy handed with the soil amendments where they are planted.

I love companions. I need a flow chart or Venn diagram, because the charts take me forever going back and forth.

Hey while your at it can you draw me some plans too?

COME. OVER. I’ll even send you home with so many seeds.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got seeds in the mail from a friend yesterday! Love seeds!

 

[Kusanar]

and I've been gardening all my life. We call it cover crop here.

Typically, a cover crop is to keep the ground covered in the off season, if that crop is then plowed under it is also a green manure, if it is killed or dies at the end of the season it's just a cover crop.