Crop Rotation

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Crop Rotation

• The practice of planting different vegetables in
  different places in the garden each year.

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Best Practice4 Year Rotation

• Rotate plant families to different areas of the
  garden space, not revisiting a particular area
  for 4 years.

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Disease Pest Prevention
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• Rotation with a kind of plant that is not a host
  for a particular pathogen prevents buildup of
  that pathogen or insect over the years.
• Rotate by plant family, not just different
  plants, since different members of the same
  family may be susceptible to the same disease.

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Maintenance Improvement of Soil Fertility

• Rotation prevents depletion of the same nutrients
  from the soil year after year.
• Inclusion of leguminous crops and green manures
  in the rotation help add nitrogen to the soil.

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Weed Control

• Vary weed-susceptible crops with weed-suppressing
  crops.
• One year of seeds 10 years of weeds!

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Cost Savings

• Good rotation practices result in less need for
  fertilizers, insect control products.
• Theyre expensive!

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Greener

• Rotation results in fewer chemicals leaching
  into our environment.

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Better Healthier Harvests

• For a Better and Healthier You!

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Develop a Crop Rotation Plan

• List veggies by plant family name.
• Divide garden into equal sections according to
  how many years the rotation is to last.
• Decide on a method to track veggie planting from
  one year to the next.

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