Horticulture can be fully practiced on a small land and the best
practices being fully implemented. For health reasons all these can be grown
within a year with very good crops being grown. Let me group the vegetables as
follows:
Group
1
Leaf vegetables (covo, rape, spinach, tsunga, amaranthus and
lettuce), plus cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and lettuce.
Group 2
Root vegetables (carrots, onions, garlic, leeks, and beetroot)
Group 3
Fruit vegetables (tomatoes, eggplant, green peppers, pumpkins, cucumber,
squash, okra and melons) and potatoes.
Group 4
Legumes (green beans and peas)
Crop Rotation
When growing horticultural crops it is important not to plant the
same crop in the same beds time after time as this will cause soil fertility
depletion and pest and disease build-up. A good crop rotation
for horticultural crops is: Group 1
followed by Group 2 followed by Group 3 followed by Group 4.
Timing of
Planting
Climatic conditions are a major determinant of what can be grown and
at what times of the year. There are optimum temperature ranges for all crops.
Crops which prefer cool times of the year include onions, garlic,
peas, potatoes, covo, tsunga, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and rape.
Crops which prefer warm times include: Group 3 crops plus green beans. Some crops such as carrots and spinach
can be grown all year. Tomatoes can be grown all year in frost-free areas.
Matter of Fact
Consider precision farming when you're on a backyard farm and the professional benefits emanating thereto are easier to grab.
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