What to plant after a tomato next year: which vegetables are better

When growing various crops, it is necessary to change their planting sites annually, as this will allow you to get the maximum yield and maintain an optimal acid-base balance of the soil. Almost all gardeners grow tomatoes, so they often ask themselves: what can be planted after a tomato?

There are a number of crops that respond favorably to planting in a former tomato growing area. However, before transplanting them, it is necessary to prepare the soil, saturate it with fertilizers using organic and mineral supplements.

Growing in greenhouses

Most often summer residents grow tomatoes in greenhouses. If there are several greenhouses in the garden, the best option is the alternation of planting tomatoes and cucumbers. After the end of each season, the soil in the greenhouse should be thoroughly disinfected for the spread of fungus.

This approach to cultivation will reduce the likelihood of diseases of planted crops, as they belong to different families.

Before planting cucumbers in the place where tomatoes grow, the soil in the greenhouse should be carefully disinfected and fertilized. A year later, instead of cucumbers, you can plant tomatoes again.

Can you plant tomatoes in the same place for years if only one greenhouse is built in the garden?

If the summer resident does not have the opportunity to change the place of planting tomatoes, then in order to grow them in a greenhouse for several years, for the winter period - after harvesting, it is necessary to plant mustard.At the same time, mustard should be grown in order to fertilize the soil. In addition to its fertilizing function, mustard perfectly disinfects the earth, evens out its acid-base balance and normalizes its composition.

In autumn, it is necessary to collect and burn the remains of tomato bushes. In the spring, the mustard is removed, and after that the tomatoes can be planted in their original place.

Tomato bushes should not be planted several times in a row in a greenhouse. Between plantings, crops must be planted that will help the soil normalize the acid-base balance and make it more fertile. This is due to the fact that tomatoes deplete the earth, and in the conditions of greenhouse structures this process is activated, since the soil in them is isolated from the external environment.

Also, such cultivation provokes the accumulation of harmful bacteria and spores, which increases the risk of re-infection of tomato bushes with phytospores or other characteristic pathologies even after tillage.

Growing in open beds

What can be planted after tomatoes except cucumbers? In place of tomatoes, you can plant zucchini or squash. These plants will not only please the summer resident with a rich harvest, but also with the density and quality of the grown vegetables. The next year, instead of tomatoes, you can grow onions and garlic.

This arrangement will not affect the yield of these vegetables in any way. What's more, onions and garlic are excellent disinfectants for the soil they grow in. Such processing makes it possible to eliminate diseases that have previously spread on tomato bushes and prepare the land for re-planting tomatoes. It is worth considering that onions should not be grown on a feather, but on a turnip.

You can also get an excellent harvest by planting plant crops of the legume family instead of tomatoes:

• beans;
• peas;
• soy;
• beans.

These plants are undemanding to the soil and do not need a lot of nutrients. On the contrary, their planting will only benefit the soil. This is due to the fact that legumes saturate the earth with nitrogen, enrich it with organic compounds.

After which transplants can you get a good harvest of vegetables? Subject to the recommendations describing the need to change plant crops with different depths of the root system, carrots, beets or radishes will be a good substitute for tomatoes. These root crops grow at quite a depth compared to a tomato bush.

This arrangement of the vegetable contributes to the restoration of the soil at an average depth level. This process is caused by the fact that root crops absorb nutrients from deeper layers of the earth than tomatoes.

In order for the new plant to be he althy and productive, it is better to plant crops belonging to a different family instead of tomatoes. For example, such plants include various herbs: dill, parsley, lettuce, celery. Such greens will not only actively grow and develop, but will also delight the summer resident with an excellent aroma, rich taste and composition, enriched with vitamins and nutrients. Also, various types of cabbage will feel good in a tomato place.

What to plant next year after the tomato? The best option for planting in the place where tomatoes grew is green manure. These plants act as vegetable fertilizers, the main function of which is to restore the soil balance, as well as enrich its composition with various useful substances and microelements. It is worth considering that after laying the grown green manure in the soil, tomato bushes can be re-planted in their place.Mustard is considered the best siderat for tomatoes.

Not recommended crops

The following crops should not be grown in the area where the tomatoes were planted:

• other or similar varieties of tomatoes;
• potato;
• tobacco;
• physalis;
• strawberries;
• strawberry;
• eggplant.

This recommendation is due to the fact that tomatoes with the listed crops are affected by similar diseases and pests. Therefore, even after disinfection of the soil, new grown plants may show signs of pathologies that previously affected planted tomatoes.

In order to avoid this, the listed crops should be planted away from the places of growth and the former area of growth of tomatoes.

There is another argument against planting these crops on the former site of tomato growth. The fact is that tomatoes make the soil more acidic, and in such an environment, the listed plants cannot fully grow, develop, and most importantly, bear fruit. Because of this, crops planted in the wrong place either die or give a poor harvest.

What can be planted after a tomato from gourds? The answer to this question is unambiguous: nothing. This is due to the fact that watermelons, melons or pumpkins planted in the former tomato site will bear fruit poorly, and the summer resident will receive a very modest harvest.

Many summer residents plant bell peppers next to tomatoes. It is not recommended to perform such a planting in a garden where tomatoes previously grew for only one reason: the yield of bell pepper can be significantly reduced. If such a prospect does not frighten the gardener, he can plant this plant crop in place of tomatoes without fear of damage to the bush by diseases or pests.

General information

The following table can be used to understand which crop is best for next year's tomato planting.

It also needs to pay attention to the degree of expediency of planting a particular crop.

TurnipCabbage of medium and late varietiesPotatoesCucumbersBeetsTomatoes of a different or similar variety Greens Various green manures Cauliflower Peas Soya EggplantPeanuts PumpkinBeans WatermelonCelery

Plants that give a bountiful harvest in place of growing tomatoes	Plants that are not affected by diseases and give an average yield in the former place of growth of tomatoes	Plants that respond unfavorably to their planting in place of tomatoes
Onion	Strawberry
Bulgarian pepper	Strawberry
Garlic	Physalis
Carrots	Tobacco
		Zucchini
Melon		Squash
	Salad
	Dill
	Parsley

All recommendations provided are of a general nature. The summer resident himself should choose what to plant from vegetables, berries or herbs for the next year after tomatoes. This is due to the fact that the soil in each region has its own individual characteristics, and certain areas are characterized by a more active spread of a particular disease.

Replacement of crops, good results in the process of soil restoration, providing preventive measures against diseases and pests.

Also, after such transplants, there is an improved absorption of nutrients from the soil by plants, rational use of fertilizers.

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