Living · 6 pages · 12 min
How crop rotation is about families of plants
Related crops share pests and hungers, so a bed needs a break from the whole family.
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From the opening
Crop rotation moves whole plant families through a bed instead of repeating the same relatives every season. Related plants tend to feed the same soil organisms and draw on the same nutrients, so a break interrupts both the pests and the hunger. The opening covers families share pests and hungers, legumes leave a nitrogen residue, and why harvest charts mislead.
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Inside
- Families share pests and hungers
- Legumes leave a nitrogen residue
- Why harvest charts mislead
- What a bed notebook shows
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Botanical families as the unit of crop rotation
- Nitrogen fixation in legume root nodules