Garlic is considered an unpretentious and undemanding garden crop. However, to get a rich harvest of this useful plant, you need to follow crop rotation requirements.
This will make it easier to care for and will minimize the likelihood of developing various diseases.
Crops after which garlic can be planted. Garlic's root system does not penetrate deeply into the soil, so it should be planted after those plants whose roots penetrate to a significant depth so that it can obtain as many nutrients from the soil as possible.
Garlic should not be planted after plants that have similar pathogens and are affected by the same pests.
Green manure crops
Excellent predecessors for garlic are forage grasses and grain crops, except barley and rye.
Alfalfa, clover, and bent grass significantly improve the structure of the soil, promoting the accumulation of nitrogen in it, and are also effective biological agents in the fight against weeds.
The best green manure crop is considered to be mustard, which disinfects the soil well.
White cabbage and cauliflower
Gardeners recommend planting garlic after early-ripening varieties of white cabbage and cauliflower.
The harvest of these plants is carried out early, so that full soil preparation can be carried out.
Plot after cucumbers
Cucumbers are usually given a lot of organic fertilizer, which after decomposing in the soil will be very useful for garlic. Fresh organic fertilizer is strictly contraindicated for it.
Pumpkin crops
Well-known representatives of the pumpkin family - zucchini, squash, pumpkins and others - are good predecessors for garlic, because they do not have diseases in common with garlic, which can increase the chances of getting a healthy and good harvest.
Legumes
The best predecessors for garlic are legumes - beans, peas, chickpeas, soybeans and others.
After them, a lot of nitrogen accumulates in the soil, and they also improve the structure of the soil, even loamy or heavy types become loose and oxygen penetration into it improves.
