We plan planting: cucumbers after cabbage - "yes" or "no"

In the spring, they planted a lot of cabbage in the garden and did not lose - all the seedlings took root well, and the heads of cabbage ripened large and dense. And we had enough, and there is still left for sale. Now we want to repeat the same thing, but with cucumbers. These crispy vegetables are always in great demand in our village, because not everyone will give birth. Tell me, is it possible to plant cucumbers after cabbage?

Crop rotation in the garden is one of the main conditions for a good harvest. In addition, crop rotation helps to avoid complete depletion of the soil, because different plants feed in different ways. Take, for example, cabbage: the most valuable substance for it is potassium, respectively, in the area after harvesting cabbage, its content decreases significantly.

No less important is the fact that by extracting potassium, the cabbage root system instead saturates the earth with harmful substances - colins. It is important to know what can be planted on this site next year, because some garden plants are very sensitive to their effects, while others react to them absolutely normally.

What is the precursor to cabbage for cucumbers?

Cucumbers can be planted not only after the cabbage, but also next to it. These two cultures complement each other perfectly. Planted side by side, they are less likely to get sick, and pests in the beds are not so common.

For whom else is cabbage a good predecessor?

Former cabbage beds are suitable for planting most plants, among them:

• tomatoes;
• eggplant;
• root vegetables (carrots, beets);
• onion and garlic.

Can cabbage be re-planted in one place?

In addition to the fact that cabbage takes useful substances from the soil and gives it harmful elements, it also often suffers from cabbage fly or cabbage itself. No matter how the plantings are processed, the larvae pests can stay in the ground.

After overwintering there, next season they attack the plants again, so it is undesirable to plant cabbage on the site for more than two years in a row. If there is no other option, it is necessary to make up for the loss of soil fertility by adding manure for digging. But you can do this for no more than 3 years in a row.

What shouldn't be grown after cabbage?

In order not to provoke a wave of diseases and an invasion of insects, in the new garden season, instead of cabbage, you should not also grow all related plants (radish, radish, turnip, rutabaga) instead of cabbage.

Video about the combined planting of cabbage and flowers