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Re: Crop Rotation

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Just to confuse things, some people believe that tomatoes (which are
perennials in their natural state) do best planted in the same place year
after year, fertilized with compost made from ....tomato plants!

I have volunteers which come up in the tomato sites of old, and they do
produce fruits, so this may work for you...or it may not!

Frank---holding to the principle that horticulture is a local science, and
YMMV--Your 'Maters May Vary....:-) (and doesn't rotate his rhubarb, for
example...:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Lorraine Young <lyoung@npiec.on.ca>
To: lusbyt <lusbyt@olynet.com>; Square Foot <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Crop Rotation


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The reason for crop rotation is to allow the soil borne problems
associated with plant families to have a chance to 'die' before
planting the same family in that spot again.  You are encouraged
not to plant tomatoes in the same spot for another 2 years.  So, I
have 4 - 3ft squares (growing next year).  I plant tomatoes in one
square one year, square 2 the second year, etc.  So tomatoes
don't go in sq. 1 until the fifth year.  (Peppers and potatoes are in
the tomato family and should not follow tomatoes).

The other reason for crop rotation is to replace nutrients lost in
crop production.  In that case, your cover crop may help.
On 24 Jun 99, lusbyt wrote:

Hi All, I know it's important to do crop rotation. I wanted to
know if including cover crops in my rotation "counts." This is
what I was thinking. A bed growing tomatoes and then
followed by a cover crop for winter and spring, then tomatoes
planted again for summer. Would doing this keep my soil
healthy?
Lorraine Young, Southern Ontario
lyoung@npiec.on.ca


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