What can be planted after strawberries?

A good summer resident always correctly and efficiently uses the land resources that he has.In order for any garden to bring good yields for a long time, it is important to know which crop to plant. In addition to a suitable place for the generally accepted parameters of illumination and access to water, it is important to understand what can be planted after those or other crops. Strawberries grow in almost every summer cottage, and therefore, gardeners, replanting it every 4 years, should know for sure what they will place on the freed garden.

Strawberry is a tasty and useful delicacy for the whole family, therefore almost every summer resident grows it on his own plot. To get large and juicy berries, it is important to carry out all activities for the care of the culture, because it is quite capricious. For active fruiting, the bushes take away all the nutrients from the soil, so you need to constantly replenish their number so that the crop is stable.

In view of the vital activity of a large number of bushes in the garden, it will be difficult to protect them from damage by pests or diseases. Even if the threat is eliminated in time, the remnants of the negative impact will still remain in the soil, which also affects the ability of the crop to grow in the same place further. For active fruiting, it is necessary to let the land walk and restore its properties, which can be done by planting the right plants after strawberry transplantation to a new place.

The procedure for the improvement of the soil is very important, because every part of the garden should be involved and bear fruit.

As soon as the strawberry stays in one place for more than 3 years, it must be transplanted. This procedure is carried out in the autumn, transferring the plants to a new bed that is suitable for the berry. It will be possible to return it to the old place only after six years, when the topsoil is fully restored. In order for the vacated land not to walk and quickly return lost, you need:

• use complex fertilizers;
• to dig up the beds, it is better to do it twice.

If you use a mineral mixture, then it must be poured into the furrows, previously made in the soil and left in this form for a couple of days. Due to the active influence of strawberries on the ground, its structural component and density change, which also has to be restored. You can fertilize and dig up the soil, without planting on it, if something happens, you can plant something in a plot a year later.

With the help of biochemical processes, fertilizing and fertilizer, you can help restore the fertile layer of the beds, as well as return to normal its structure, due to the fact that humus accumulation begins and a zeolite layer is formed. To help the garden quickly regain its properties, it is important to constantly water it, while respecting the schedule: one watering in two days with room temperature water. It is possible to introduce moisture only in the warm season, as long as it is needed by the soil and will not freeze in it.

Another option to restore the soil layer after growing strawberries is planting siderats:

• clover;
• lupine;
• Sudan grass;
• alfalfa;
• Viko-oatmeal mix;
• white mustard;
• rapeseed and not only.

When it's time to change the location of the strawberry beds, you need to decide what is best to plant in its place. Far from all cultures can settle down on weakened soil, therefore, in some cases, they do not recommend immediately sowing the land, giving it the opportunity to walk a year. If this option is not possible, then in the spring in the place freed from the berry crop such plants can be sown as:

• carrot;
• bow;
• cabbage or leafy vegetable plants;
• legumes.

The most acceptable option would be the carrot, because it is not demanding on the land in which it grows, and enables it to fully recover. Another undoubted advantage of this vegetable is the absence of diseases that are often found in strawberries, so the soil manages to clear itself of all the harmful substances that have accumulated in it. In addition, the carrot is not afraid of pests that are dangerous for berry crops.

To help the earth regain lost nutrients, it is worth planting legumes on a bed after strawberries. Despite the exhausted condition of the soil, the harvest of a new crop will be great. After the legumes, the soil is saturated with all the necessary elements and is capable of producing the fruits of any crop planted next year, with the exception of strawberries.

In the spring, there is an opportunity to plant representatives of melon crops on the liberated land, but they can grow and bear fruit only on condition that the soil has been pretreated and well fertilized. The most successful are cucumbers, melons, and zucchini. In order to disinfect the bed after strawberries and get rid of pests, it is best to plant garlic in the fall. Using this culture will provide an opportunity to get rid of the microbes that remained after the vital activity of strawberries, as well as the insects that ate it.

In case you need to have a complex effect on the ground, it is best to sow it with mustard. The advantage of this crop is that the process takes place immediately after transplanting strawberries, and this is July or August, which gives it time to grow and produce a crop. In addition, the remnants of greenery remain on the soil surface and help keep the snow on the surface, carrying out enhanced nutrition, and in the spring mustard is dug up with the ground, fertilizing it for the following crops planted in its place.

If there is no urgent need to plant some kind of vegetable, then you can plant flowers next year. It must be strictly defined species that help the earth in the recovery process, without depleting it further. These include:

• tulips;
• peonies;
• violet garden

Novice gardeners do not always know that it is impossible to plant certain plants on a flower bed after strawberries, otherwise you can get a complete loss of plantings instead of the expected yield. This is due to the fact that the berry crop during its growth in a certain area can be affected by various diseases, including:

• verticillary wilting;
• Fusarium and not only.

In order not to risk the health of a new crop, you should avoid landing certain plants on the same place. In the event that the strawberries did not hurt or there was no obvious appearance of such processes, this does not mean that the pathogens were not in the soil all this time. If the crops are planted incorrectly, they will get infected and will either develop improperly or die.

The most common plants that should not be planted on the garden after strawberries include:

• tomatoes;
• potatoes;
• eggplants;
• peppers.

It is not necessary to plant in the place of the former strawberry beds also such crops as:

• raspberries;
• hawthorn;
• dog rose;
• strawberries;
• Rowan.

If you want to transform the bed and plant flowers on it, you should also choose the right options. In the case of the presence of strawberry penny on the strawberry, do not plant lavender after it, because the pest will damage it. In case of onion nematode damage, no need to plant flowers that multiply with the help of bulbs: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, lilies, gladioli. Also it is necessary to refrain from planting onions and garlic, which may be affected by the nematode.

In order for the summer cottage to bring in every crop every crop that will be planted on it, you need to know the characteristics of planting, development and transplanting. There are bushes that need pruning and demanding care, and there are those that once planted and with minimal intervention will delight the gardener. The same applies to berry and vegetable crops, which have their own characteristics. Not all plants grow well in the same place, not everyone has the same soil or care option, therefore, having deep knowledge makes it possible to provide an individual approach to every type of plant in the garden.

As for strawberries, everyone seeks to dilute it and the bigger the bushes will be, the more harvest you can get. Experienced gardeners know how often it is necessary to change the location of the crop and when to do it, so they have transplants every 3-4 years in the autumn. On the vacant place it is necessary to plant such plants that will help the soil and at the same time do not die themselves. The process of crop rotation may be different, but the most correct will be the alternation of crops with root crops and stems, so that the soil in turn was occupied by knots or roots.

So, in the first year, you can sow a cucumber, pumpkin or zucchini, next year it will be onions, radishes, turnips. If there is a desire to sow the soil with cabbage, then before it should grow a legume crop, which will help fill the earth with nitrogen, which is very important in this case. In the event that the garden has small dimensions and you need to place something on the vacated plot, it is better to choose greens (dill, parsley, sorrel, spinach) for this, you can also sow onions with garlic, but for this you will need to fertilize the ground with organic matter and complex mineral supplements.

As for crops that should not be planted, it is a potato, since there are often a lot of May beetles on a strawberry bed, which lay their larvae in the soil. They will be the cause of spoiled harvest. If you plant peppers, tomatoes, radishes or cucumbers, you need to artificially fertilize the soil, which will give you the opportunity to get a harvest, but this will affect the taste of vegetables, which will not be what it should be.

Gardeners are advised to adhere to a certain pattern of planting crops on a bed after strawberries, and it consists of the following:

• 1 year - greens or legumes;
• 2 year - planting onions and garlic;
• 3 year - planting tomatoes, eggplants and peppers;
• 4 year - sowing cabbage and zucchini;
• 5 year - potatoes, carrots and beets;
• 6 year - You can plant strawberries again.

How to alternate planting crops in the garden, see the following video.