Strawberries are one of the favorite berries of adults and children.
Sweet and juicy fruits are great for snacking, and strawberries are also actively added to desserts, baked goods, or mixed with sour cream and served as an addition to lunch. There are plenty of options!
But, in order to please yourself and your household as often as possible, it is important to remember the rules for growing this crop.
It is necessary to follow simple rules of agricultural technology, and also know and remember about crop rotation.
Still, there are crops after which strawberries will not be able to please with a harvest.
After which you can’t plant strawberries
These are tomatoes and potatoes, they can leave behind various diseases in the soil, for example, late blight.
Cabbage, pumpkin, sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke, and raspberry are considered bad predecessors.
In addition, it is important to consider that you cannot grow strawberries in the same beds year after year. After all, over time the soil becomes depleted, and diseases and pests accumulate in it.
After which you can plant strawberries
First of all, we need to talk about green manure. They improve the condition of the soil, increase the yield of future crops. This can be rape, white mustard, lupine, buckwheat, phacelia.
Good predecessors would be marigolds, vegetable legumes, onions and garlic, beets, carrots, as well as radishes and cauliflower.
Bad neighbors for strawberries
There is no need to choose joint plantings with those plants that need the same vitamins and minerals from the soil as strawberries.
You also cannot choose plants that require a different watering regime.
You shouldn't plant tall plants next to strawberries, which will only create additional shade. Crops that can be affected by the same diseases and pests as the berry are also not suitable.
But what plants will be excellent neighbors? Here you need to pay attention to garlic, parsley, marigolds, dill. You can plant carrots, beans, radishes, beets nearby.
