The four crop groups 1. Alliums Above all else, crop rotation dramatically reduces the risk of garden plant pests and diseases spreading from one year's batch of crops to the next.

Crop rotation is one of agriculture’s oldest cultural practices. In a home vegetable garden, crop rotation is achieved by changing the location of vegetables within the garden each season.

Crop rotation also allows horticulturists to manage their soil fertility and balance nutrients used by certain families of plants. “Some crops are heavy feeders of nutrients and can deplete the ...

This is known as crop rotation, an important part of the vegetable garden planning process. If you’re ready to make your vegetable garden as healthy as can be, consider these expert tips for ...

In “Kitchen Garden Living” (Cool Springs Press, 2025), author Bailey Van Tassel invokes an easily memorized rhyme concerning crop rotation in the vegetable garden: “beans, roots, greens ...

Cover crop mulches tested for no-till organic onions Date: April 21, 2010 Source: American Society for Horticultural Science Summary: Conservation tillage encompasses a range of techniques for ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Throughout the 2017 and 2018 growing seasons, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University will be assessing the impacts of diversified crop rotation cropping systems ...