How to do Crop Rotation

Aug. 13, 2009 - PRLog -- Crop rotation is a common process that is used in vegetable gardens for planting a variety of crops on one piece of land over a period of time. This is used to help with improving the quality of the soil in the garden and to help with controlling pests in the garden. Here is a look at how to do crop rotation that you can use in your organic garden.

First you will need to look into the crops that you are using for your process. You will need to consider the varieties or species of the crops that you are using. For the most effective crop rotation you will need to be sure that each crop that surrounds one another is of a completely different variety. For example, corn plants can be planted right before you plant wheat plants.

Here is a good example of how you can get this to work. For the first year of this process you can plant potatoes and bulb plants. After this you can get legume plants such as beans planted. In the third year leafy crops can be planted. What makes this process so useful is that the different types of plants that are used here will help to keep diseases and pests from getting too used to the crops that you are using.

In order to get your crops rotated you will need to keep them well grown. This includes being sure that you are getting your plants to grow so that the roots will have left enough minerals in your soil for other plants to use. Crop rotation can help to get your soil to stay healthy thanks to nutrients that come from the roots of your plants so you will need to watch for how these plants grow. For more details on this visit http://www.mumsgrowyourownorganicvegetables.com.

If you have kids you can help to get them to help you with the process of how to do crop rotation. You should have your kids help you to plan the vegetables that will be used for this process. It is best to use vegetables that they enjoy so that you will be able to enjoy this process. For more details on how to get your kids to help you out visit http://www.mumsgrowyourownorganicvegetables.com.

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