After that, plant bell peppers for the next year: what can

Experienced summer residents do not have a question whether it is possible to grow all the necessary vegetables in a small area and get a good harvest. Knowing well the need of each vegetable crop for nutrients, its diseases and pests, competent vegetable growers plan planting for several years in advance. By alternating crops, applying the necessary fertilizers, planting green manure, they annually restore soil fertility.

Need for crop rotation

Crop rotation is a competent alternation of vegetable crops in garden beds, its goals:

weed reduction in the garden;
formation of the fertile layer structure;
restoring soil fertility.

To achieve these goals in full, cultures alternate, taking into account not only the compatibility of cultures. With proper crop rotation, you need to take into account the time of restoration of fertility and natural cleaning of the land. She must get rid of the larvae of pests and pathogens typical of this vegetable.

For example, after potatoes in the garden a year later, it is better to sow a pumpkin. If you replenish the fertility of the soil with mineral fertilizers, then cucumbers and onions will grow well. It is better to plant a potato plantation next year after cabbage.

Good and bad predecessors

The easiest thing to understand is not to plant bell peppers. It belongs to the nightshade family in the same way as potatoes, tomatoes, physalis, eggplants.Therefore, they are the worst predecessors. Their nepotism implies the presence of the same pests on the ridges, the crops are prone to common diseases, they take the same nutrients from the soil.

Therefore, we can say for sure that it is not worth planting after a tomato and other vegetables from the nightshade family. A close relative of sweet pepper is bitter, these varieties not only do not need to be rotated, they should not even be planted in closely spaced areas.

Growing he althy peppers is easier on ridges planted on the site of last year's plantings of zucchini, carrots, cucumbers, it grows well after onions. Under zucchini and cucumbers, when planting, they make a large amount of organic matter; during the season, it overheats well. The culture reacts poorly to fresh organic matter: it gets sick more often, later forms ovaries. During the season, manure (humus) rots well, makes the soil loose and useful for this crop.

What can and cannot be grown after peppers

The roots of the plant are surface type, therefore, it consumes nutrients from the upper layers of the soil. In root crops, the roots penetrate much deeper. In this regard, you can plant after the pepper:

all varieties of radish;
carrot;
beets.

Besides root vegetables, there are a number of vegetables that are classified as neutral plants. They are safely planted after sweet peppers. In addition to the root crops indicated above, neutral plants include:

beans;
greens (celery, leafy and head salads, spinach);
legumes;
garlic;
cabbage;
bow.

It would be a mistake to plant a pumpkin to replace sweet peppers. It is good to sow it precisely before nightshade crops, but it grows very poorly after them. And all because of the toxins accumulated after the peppers. Any melons planted after it (squash, zucchini) will be oppressed by harmful toxins.

Best Companions

For a good harvest of sweet peppers, crop rotation alone is not enough. In plants grown next to beans, fertility increases markedly. The smell of beans repels all pests from the bushes, the roots enrich the earth with nitrogen. Plants growing near bean bushes receive nitrogen in an easily digestible form.

The right choice of neighbors in the garden has a positive effect on the growth and development of garden crops. It is known that you can still plant on the same bed with peppers. The following vegetables will be good neighbors for them:

carrot;
basil;
coriander;
bow.

It is clear after which crops pepper can be planted, what vegetables can be used to compact its beds. No need to listen to vegetable growers who say: I have been growing peppers in one place for decades and getting a good harvest. It is better to alternate any planting, whether it be tomatoes, onions or any other vegetable crop. It is necessary to sow green manure after harvesting if the garden is so small that it is very difficult to follow the crop rotation rules.