“Some vegetables like each other's company and others less. It's worth knowing before we plant them "- Janina Mroczek, Jawor
I have been running the plot for 35 years and I have learned a lot during this time. I would like to share my many years of knowledge and observations with other gardeners, especially beginners.
Vegetables from our own cultivation are a real treasure, but without flowers and fruit bushes, our gardens would not look so beautiful. And that's why I divided my plot into 3 quarters - partvegetable ,flowerandorchard There is a lot of work to do, but my husband and I are both looking forward to spring. The awakening nature always fills us with joy and encourages us to act.
Is there the best neighborhood for cruciferous plants?
Kapustowate (Brassicaceae), formerly called cruciferous, is a fairly large family, which includes about 4,000 species. In the kitchen, we most often use various types of cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, radish and kale. Everything that we like to have on the plate is also worth having in your home vegetable garden. There are no universal rules for cultivating cabbage plants, so it is always worth approaching the matter individually (from the species level). Nevertheless, cruciferous plants (usually) grow best with other brassicas, herbs, onions, beets, celery and cucumbers. However, they do not like the neighborhood of carrots, tomatoes and strawberries. Usually, because the exception is, for example, radish, which grows badly in the company of other brassicas and hyssop, but it feels great in the vicinity of carrots and tomatoes.
- says Dr. Eng. Tomasz Mróz
Sowing vegetable seeds
Before planning a vegetable garden and planting, it is worth considering what to sow earlier to get bigger and faster crops. As early as February, tomatoes and celery should be sown. The sprouts of the latter grow quite slowly, so the seeds planted in the ground in small greenhouses in February, will grow to about 10 cm of seedlings in April.
Planting vegetables and planning a vegetable garden
Due to the fact that we are starting a new gardening season, I would like to give you some tips on the layout of vegetables on the plot, i.e. their neighborhood.Hardly anyone knows, but plants, like people, have their likes and dislikesSome like each other very much and grow wonderfully next to each other. Others get sick more often and give lower yields in their neighborhood.It's good to know some of nature's secrets.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes cannot be planted close to radishes and cabbage because they delay their flowering
Parsley
Parsley grows well next to tomatoes. I plant it on cabbage and bean beds.
Radish
Radish loves cucumbers, lettuce, onions and beets.
Lettuce
Lettuce likes cucumbers, leeks, onions, radishes, green beans.
Pea
Peas should be planted next to carrots, cucumbers, celery and strawberries. It grows well after carrots and beets.
Dill
I sow the dill next to the onion, lettuce, cucumbers, beets.
Celery
Celery likes cauliflower and tomatoes.
Cabbage
Cabbage, cauliflower and kohlrabi feel great next to beets, onions, cucumbers and celery.
Garlic
Garlic will give a rich harvest after cucumbers and near tomatoes, celery, beets and strawberries.
Cucumber
Cucumber likes lettuce, dill, corn, celery, sunflower seeds and onions.
Por
Leeks are planted with carrots, beets, beans or lettuce.
I hope that thanks to my comments other gardeners will enjoy he althy and large crops from their gardens.
Janina Mroczek
