What you can’t plant after pepper next year, and what you can

• Posted by Semyon Vladimirov
• Date: April 8, 2019

Tomatoes and bell peppers are related crops grown using similar technology. True, pepper is more heat-loving, so you have to tinker with it more. In addition, it is not the best predecessor for most vegetables, and after tomatoes you need to carefully choose the next crop. Not all vegetables can be planted next to both.

• 2 What should not be planted after tomatoes and bell peppers
• 3 What to plant in one bed: mixed plantings
• 4 Reviews

Why is crop rotation needed?

Seasonal alternation of the location of vegetables in open ground or a greenhouse is a successful option for productive cultivation. Knowledge of the crop rotation system and their effective application ensures rational use of the site without aggressive depletion of the soil. In addition, changing the sowing locations allows you to naturally get rid of colonies of pests that “specialize” in certain crops and are grouped en masse in their habitual locations.

Is it possible to plant cucumbers after peppers and vice versa?

Peppers grown in the garden after cucumbers also grow remarkably well and produce a good harvest.

And although cucumbers are suitable for further growing this nightshade crop in their bed, the same cannot be said about peppers, so you should not plant cucumbers where peppers previously grew.

Remember, the latter are carriers of various pests and diseases, therefore, in the future there is a high risk of damage to cucumbers.

For the same reason, it is strongly recommended not to allow even their proximity in the same area.

What crops can be planted after pepper next year?

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All peppers, without exception, are strong plants with an extensive root system that grows in breadth rather than in depth. The main nutritional base is located close to the surface (10-15 cm). That is why it is recommended to plant deep root crops of an unrelated group after pepper:

• carrot;
• beet;
• radishes and radishes;
• daikon;
• turnip.

After pepper, various types of cabbage (cruciferous family) also grow well, including broccoli, cauliflower, and Beijing cabbage.

Important!

To neutralize the negative impact of peppers on the soil before planting other vegetables, it is advisable to treat the area with a fungicide, such as Fundazol.

What is not recommended to plant

After pepper, it is strictly forbidden to plant all vegetable crops from the Solanaceae family. Such plants include:

• hot and bell peppers;
• potato;
• eggplant;
• tomatoes;
• zucchini;
• zucchini;
• melons;
• watermelons;
• physalis.

Also, tobacco should not be planted after pepper. These crops are affected by the same diseases and insect pests. Undesirable crops also include pumpkin crops. They can be planted after peppers, but gardeners note that in such beds pumpkin crops develop very poorly, lag behind in development and do not produce good harvests.

Pumpkin crops require the same micro- and macroelements as bell peppers. Accordingly, after pepper, which draws maximum nutrients from the soil, pumpkin plants will simply lack nutrition, which will lead to slow growth and reduced yield.

What is better not to plant after pepper next year: list

The vast family of nightshades are permanent “inhabitants” of all vegetable gardens and greenhouses without exception. Similar nutritional needs impose serious restrictions on the crop rotation system, excluding their sequential planting in the same bed. There is no need to plant after peppers and onions:

• eggplant;
• potato;
• all tomatoes;
• physalis.

In addition to the lack of fertilizers, another serious problem is susceptibility to common diseases, the pathogens of which, with a probability of up to 95%, remain in the soil. Most often it is late blight, root rot, powdery mildew.

Also, you should not alternate between sweet and bitter peppers. Moreover, when creating beds, they should be planted as far apart as possible to reduce the risk of cross-pollination and reduced fruit quality.

Important!

Cucumbers and melon and pumpkin crops do not grow well in places where nightshade plants were previously planted due to the accumulation of specific toxins. After peppers, you should not plant squash, watermelons, pumpkins, zucchini, and melons.

Pepper's predecessors

Crop rotation rules do not recommend planting plants in soil where pathogenic fungal spores, pathogenic bacteria and pests to which the plant is vulnerable can persist. In addition, you should consider the nutrients that plants absorb from the soil.

For pepper, compliance with these rules is presented in the following table.

It is especially worth noting the benefits of green manure (for example, oats or mustard). Grown, mowed and rotted in the garden, they not only enrich the soil (for which they are called “green fertilizers”), but also significantly improve its structure, and also clean and remove pathogenic spores of harmful fungi and pathogenic bacteria from it.

Preparing the soil and growing peppers

Pepper is a heat-loving crop. The growing season for fruit ripening in conventional varieties is about 5 months. Taking into account the fact that pepper can only be planted in soil whose temperature is not lower than 15 degrees, it becomes obvious that it is impossible to grow it in open ground in most regions of our country.

• Ultra-early and early varieties such as Zdorovye (growing season 79-86 days) or the yellow-fruited Brother Fox (86-89 days) are not grown in a greenhouse.
• Some foreign breeding companies have developed pepper varieties with an even shorter growing season, up to 55 days like the Samander F1 variety.

The soil for planting peppers should be fertilized with humus, and a tablespoon of non-chlorine-containing potassium fertilizer should be added to each hole. It is imperative not to forget about watering; peppers tolerate drought very poorly and this greatly affects its yield. Planted seedlings must be tied up and the soil around the planting must be compacted.

When growing two varieties of pepper, sweet and bitter varieties, it is necessary to exclude their close proximity. Possible cross-pollination will degrade the quality of the fruits of both plants.

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Neutral crops: list

Peppers are bad predecessors for a dozen vegetables and root crops, but there is a neutral group of agricultural crops that adapt well to the conditions of depleted soils:

• beans and asparagus;
• celery, basil, spinach;
• leaf and head lettuces;
• parsley, coriander, dill;
• peas, soybeans, vegetable beans;
• onion and garlic.

Legumes are an excellent option for restoring soil after peppers and other nightshades thanks to their special root system that can enrich the soil with nitrogen. Garlic and onions, which contain a high concentration of phytocindes, have a strong disinfectant effect, cleaning the soil from pathogenic bacteria and insect pests. Green manure plants (green manures) ensure careful and ecological restoration of the fertile layer due to rapid rotting during the autumn-winter period. The most popular and unpretentious version of green manure is white and yellow mustard, rapeseed, clover, and lupine.

What can you grow in the garden after pepper?

Pepper (both bell and hot) is far from an ideal predecessor, and there are no crops that grow well after it. And it's not just that it consumes a lot of nutrients, although that is true. During their processing, peppers release a lot of toxic substances that remain in the soil. Therefore, it would be nice to give the earth a rest after it. But usually a summer resident with little land cannot afford this, and one must choose the least difficult options for planting next year. In terms of root placement, it is best to plant a variety of root vegetables.

Favorable neighbors of pepper

The quantity, health and size of fruits depend not only on compliance with the rules of crop rotation, productive variety, sufficient fertilizing and watering, but also on a good neighborhood. A correctly selected garden bed environment naturally neutralizes many of the threats associated with:

• temperature and climatic influence (frost, drafts, accelerated drying of the soil);
• competition for nutrients;
• the possibility of contracting similar diseases;
• infestations by common insect pests.

The best neighbors for peppers are bush beans, onions, herbs, peas, carrots, and cabbage.

Is it possible to plant peppers again after peppers?

Before answering the question, it is recommended to pay attention to the planting plan.

Make it as early as possible, preferably in winter, without rushing, because thanks to this plan you will quickly decide on the ideal planting location and find out the compatibility of pepper with other crops. And if you manage to select good neighboring crops, then the pepper will not be disturbed by the wind, in addition, they will repel insects from it.

Since this plant often depletes the soil, and in addition, in order to avoid the accumulation of various pests, diseases, etc., it should be planted in the same place where the pepper grew earlier only after two or even three years.

By the way, this rule applies not only to pepper, but also to other related crops

Crop rotation summary table for peppers

Even an inexperienced gardener can carry out the correct preliminary layout of the beds without any problems if he uses the popular classification of crops into 4 large groups:

• leafy (salads, greens);
• fruit (tomato, cucumber, cabbage);
• root vegetables (carrots, beets, radishes);
• legumes (peas, beans, soybeans).

The basic rotation algorithm by season is: “fruit -> root crop -> bean -> leaf.”

Then you need to detail the fruit change, based on specific cultivated species. However, the poor succession of related plants with similar diseases, pests and nutrient requirements should not be overlooked.

The crop rotation table for peppers is as follows:

Cucumbers and peppers are grown in the same bed with a minimum interval of 3-4 years, but it is better when this period is 5-6 years.

What not to plant after tomatoes and bell peppers

The strict ban on planting after peppers or tomatoes applies only to related nightshade crops. In addition to these vegetables, the most famous representatives of the family are potatoes, eggplants and physalis, which is less common in our beds. All these vegetables suffer from the same diseases; all of them are highly respected by the Colorado potato beetle, the larvae of which overwinter in the soil.

Eggplants suffer from the same diseases as peppers and tomatoes

In addition to pumpkins and zucchini, it is highly undesirable to plant melons and melons after tomatoes and peppers: they extract nutrients from the same layers of soil. If you are not touching vegetables, you should not plant berries in this place, especially strawberries and wild strawberries. All bans can be lifted no earlier than in 3-4 years.

Reviews from gardeners

Mikhail Ivanovich, Kostroma:
When I was young, I did not know about the rules of crop rotation and always planted potatoes in one place near the fence. Of course, after 5 years there were no longer such harvests as in the first years. And the Colorado potato beetle attacked with terrible force. Then one winter I sat down and drew up a planting plan for the next season. And this is what I do every year. The harvest has improved. The rules for changing crops in the garden cannot be ignored.

Olga, Kaluga:
Due to inexperience, I got into trouble by planting peppers and eggplants after potatoes. No matter what I did, the plants developed poorly and often got sick. The fruits were small. After studying the topic, I realized my mistake. You cannot grow nightshade relatives one after another.

Systematized rules of crop rotation make it easy to understand the question of what can be planted after the peppers in the garden, which crops should be placed nearby, and which ones should be kept as far away as possible. The main recommendations are no relatives from the nightshade family (potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, tobacco), pumpkin, or melon varieties. It is best to plant beans or powerful root vegetables (carrots, beets) instead of lettuce or hot peppers.

Features of crop rotation

Crop rotation refers to recommendations based on scientists and practical agriculture for alternating garden crops in growing areas and according to time. They assume that every year in the same bed it is necessary to change the cultivated crop.

Did you know? Residents of the village of Ein Yahav (Arava Valley) grew a sweet pepper weighing 0.5 kg: it was cultivated in a greenhouse and watered with salt water. Farmers who grew the giant vegetable asked the Guinness Book of Records to register a world record.

In the next year, a plant that is not included in the same family with the previous crop should be planted in this area. Simply put, if this year potatoes, a representative of the Solanaceae family, grew in the garden bed, then next year an unrelated crop should be planted in this place, for example, beets, carrots, onions. Solanaceae should be cultivated in another area, for example, where legumes grew.

Crop rotation rules are designed to:

• prevent the accumulation of harmful insects and pathogens. Thus, if next year, after any crop, you plant a plant that does not attract parasites, then after wintering they will have no source of food, and they will not be able to reproduce en masse;
• reduce the colonization of the site by weeds;
• prevent the accumulation of harmful substances in the soil. When cultivated for a long period in one area, some plants experience a significant reduction in yields. This is due to their sensitivity to high levels of toxins in the soil, which they leave themselves or are introduced with fertilizers, preventive treatments against diseases and harmful insects;
• reduce nutrient consumption. Each garden crop needs certain micro- and macroelements in order to develop and grow normally. For example, potatoes need 49.6 kg/ha of nitrogen, 99.2 kg/ha of phosphorus, 340.7 kg/ha of potassium, wheat - 45.8 kg/ha of nitrogen, 21.6 kg/ha of phosphorus, 28.1 kg /ha potassium. As you can see, these 2 plants will deplete the soil differently. When cultivating the same plant or a related crop in the same bed for many years, the soil will be depleted, and in the future it will not be able to fully provide the nutrition that vegetation requires;
• eliminate the negative consequences for the soil that appear as a result of growing certain crops.

Did you know? The record for the fastest eating of hot peppers belongs to 31-year-old American Wayne Algenyo: he managed to eat 22 hot peppers in a minute. After setting the record, the man had to drink about 10 liters of milk to relieve the burning sensation in his mouth and throat.

The basic rules of crop rotation are as follows:

1. It is impossible to carry out annual cultivation in the same place of the same crop or plants belonging to the same family.
2. It is not recommended to grow vegetable crops on the same plot of land for 2 years in a row, which are affected by the same pathogens and harmful insects.
3. You should return to cultivating the plant in the same bed no earlier than after 3 years, and better yet, after 4–5 years.
4. When alternating crops, you need to pay attention to the nutritional characteristics of plants and the elements they require.
5. After crops with a shallow root system (onions, cucumbers, peppers), it is necessary to grow plants with deep roots (beets, carrots).
6. According to a three-year crop rotation, first root crops (onions, carrots, potatoes, radishes, beets) are planted on the plot, then fruit and legume garden plants (peppers, peas, corn, pumpkin, tomatoes), then deciduous plants (various types of cabbage, spinach).

If you follow the rules of crop rotation, you can achieve the following results:

• increase crop yields and the quality of their fruits;
• increase soil fertility;
• establish rational use of nutrients from the earth;
• reduce soil contamination with pathogens, parasitic insects, and weeds.

Principles of crop rotation

All self-respecting agricultural technicians are familiar with the concept of “crop rotation”. But it is not always possible to use the principles and rules of alternating cultivated plants in practice due to the area of ​​the plot being limited to 6 acres. But if you delve into this issue and understand, then this principle of growing vegetables will become accessible.

REFERENCE! Each plant affects the soil differently, absorbing the necessary nutrients. In return, pathogenic microorganisms remain in the soil, which pose a danger to a certain group of cultivated plants, but are absolutely safe for another.

soil requirements. Plants are divided into demanding for fertility, moderately demanding, not demanding and enriching the soil. The rotation occurs one after another in the order written above; There are several known methods of crop rotation, which are based on:

1. dividing crops into families . The method is based on alternating crops from different families. For example, pumpkin - legumes - cabbage;
2. influence on the soil . Cultures are divided into highly depleting, moderately depleting, slightly depleting and enriching. It is recommended to plant plants in the same order of listing to obtain a good harvest;
3. determining the best predecessor. This is a labor-intensive method of planning, but at the same time one of the most successful. Based on factors that help increase productivity and minimize soil contamination with diseases.

Reviews

Anna Lvovna, Izhevsk

I grow hot peppers in flower beds among flowers. You don’t need a lot of them, and the bushes look very beautiful, because they simultaneously contain flowers and peppers of varying degrees of maturity. I also plant purple basil, chard beets, and ornamental cabbage - the color of the leaves gives the flowerbed an original look. In addition, peppers planted among flowers will not cross-pollinate sweet varieties and will not harm neighbors.

Gerasim Sergeevich, Tyumen

Our climate is very unstable, so I grow peppers in a small greenhouse, where I make three beds. I occupy two with sweet varieties, and the third with bush beans, because they are considered an ideal neighbor for nightshades. I plant bitters separately, not in a greenhouse. A year later, instead of beans, I plant peppers, and in its place beans or radishes, herbs, green manure.

Correct rotation of plantings allows you to grow a good harvest of any crop. Crop rotation rules will tell you what to alternate with.