- Reduces the build up of pests and diseases in the soil by removing their preferred host and therefore breaking the pest or disease’s lifecycle, reducing and even removing your requirement for chemical spraying.
- Manages soil pH and nutrient levels, to help your vegetables get the most out of your soil. Use of composts, manures, lime and fertilisers at the right times will benefit successive crops.
- Building soil. Using organic matter, your own compost and growing green manure crops to add nitrogen keeps your soil healthy and working – good soil is the key to producing great crops.
| Legumes & Pod Crops | Brassicas & Leaf Vegetables | Alliums | Other (Root and Fruiting Crops) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okra Runner Beans Lima Beans Peas Broad Beans | Onions (All types) Shallots Chives Leeks Garlic | Capsicums, Tomatoes, Celery, Beetroot, Salsify Parsnips, Carrots, Potatoes Sweet Potatoes, Corn |
| Bed 1 | Bed 2 | Bed 3 | Bed 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Brassicas | Other | Alliums | Legumes |
| Year 2 | Legumes | Brassicas | Other | Alliums |
| Year 3 | Alliums | Legumes | Brassicas | Other |
| Year 4 | Other | Alliums | Legumes | Brassicas |