What plants should be planted in the beds at the end of summer to get a bountiful harvest next year: a note for summer residents
Every experienced gardener and vegetable grower knows that the same crops should not be planted year after year in the same place.
First of all, this also applies to plants belonging to the same family.
However, there are crops that can and should be planted before sowing the beds with fruit and vegetable crops.
Let's figure out what to plant in order to get a bountiful harvest next year.
Green manure plants
While corn, squash, cabbage and sunflowers deplete the soil, some plants actually help it rest.
Green manure performs the following functions:
- protection from washing out and weathering;
- restoration of the porous structure of the soil;
- suppression of weed growth;
- enrichment of the soil with nutrients.
For example, clover and lupine will add nitrogen to the soil, rye or buckwheat will add potassium, and oil radish will fill it with phosphorus.
And if you need a lot of greenery for compost or mulch, plant radishes: they grow green mass the fastest.
