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If you forget this thing when growing vegetables, diseases and pests threaten

2022-06-11T10:14:28.916Z


If you forget this thing when growing vegetables, diseases and pests threaten Created: 06/10/2022, 14:52 By: Franziska Kaindl Which vegetables go well with salad? © dpa/Patrick Seeger In order for your vegetables to grow strongly in the bed and be spared from diseases, you have to resort to certain tricks: mixed culture is the keyword here. Every hobby gardener has heard of mixed cultivation


If you forget this thing when growing vegetables, diseases and pests threaten

Created: 06/10/2022, 14:52

By: Franziska Kaindl

Which vegetables go well with salad?

© dpa/Patrick Seeger

In order for your vegetables to grow strongly in the bed and be spared from diseases, you have to resort to certain tricks: mixed culture is the keyword here.

Every hobby gardener has heard of mixed cultivation before, but have you ever looked into it more closely?

With this age-old method of gardening, you protect your vegetables from pests and diseases, while also keeping the soil fresher for longer.

Growing mixed crops: how does it work?

Put very simply, intercropping means that

the right types of vegetables should be grown side by side

.

24garten.de* also reveals how to plan a mixed culture.

Because certain types of vegetables go better together than others - this is due to their

different needs and properties

, which complement each other or do not get in the way.

In this way, the vegetables can draw a wide variety of nutrients from the soil without taking any of them away from each other.

At the same time, the nutrients in the soil remain balanced.

In mixed cultures, you not only avoid plants competing for nutrients, you even ensure that they strengthen each other.

With the help of scents, they drive away predators, for example, as the German Nature Conservation Union (NABU) writes.

This is the case, for example, with the combination of lettuce and fennel as well as potatoes and marigolds.

Also interesting

: Tomato shoots should really be removed at this point.

Mixed culture: You should not grow these plants next to each other

Now, of course, the question arises as to how best to remember which plants go together and which do not.

You can remember it based on their plant genera:

Plants of one genus usually do not get along with each other because they have the same nutrient requirements

.

Here you will find a list of the most common plant genera and their representatives that you should not plant next to each other.

  • Nightshade family

    : tomatoes, potatoes, aubergines, peppers

  • Asteraceae

    : iceberg lettuce, lettuce, endive

  • Cruciferous vegetables

    : horseradish, cauliflower, mustard

  • Umbellifers

    : celery, fennel, carrot

  • Leeks : garlic, onions,

    leeks

  • Legumes

    : beans, peas

You can find out here which plant neighbors are particularly harmful to the tomatoes.

Which types of vegetables are allowed together in a mixed culture?

One gives a little reminder to find out which types of vegetables go together: mostly those plants that also taste good together on the dinner plate, as the online portal Gartenlexikon writes.

Examples are:

  • cucumbers and dill

  • tomatoes and basil

  • beans and savory

But even types of vegetables that don't go together at first glance can be good neighbors.

These include

strawberries and garlic

: the latter prevents gray mold attacks on the strawberries.

Chives and carrots

also work well because the carrots protect against carrot fly infestation.

Below we have listed more examples of

vegetable plants including good neighbors

for you:

  • Beans

    get along with strawberries, cucumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, potatoes, radishes, celery, tomatoes.

  • Cucumbers

    with peas, fennel, beans, leeks, celery, onions, cabbage

  • Carrots

    with radishes, radishes, tomatoes, peas, leeks, onions

  • Potatoes

    with spinach and broad beans

  • Tomatoes

    with French beans, peppers, parsley, kohlrabi, cabbage, celery, spinach, zucchini

  • Spinach

    with strawberries, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi

  • Onions

    with strawberries, carrots, celery, cucumber, lamb's lettuce, zucchini

  • Salad

    with French beans, peas, strawberries, cabbage, carrots, radishes, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes, onions

*24Garten.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network

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