{"id":377,"date":"2011-03-11T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T13:35:46","slug":"what-do-you-mean-vegetables-live-in-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/what-do-you-mean-vegetables-live-in-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Crop Rotation. Understanding Vegetable Families."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/what-do-you-mean-vegetables-live-in-families\/parsnips\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"parsnips\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13263\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" alt=\"Understanding Crop Rotation and Vegetable Families\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/parsnips.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Vegetables can be grouped into \u2018families\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Once you know which groups these vegetables fall into, it makes crop rotation a lot easier (see\u00a0previous\u00a0post on\u00a0crop rotation).<\/p>\n<p>So in a four-year crop rotation, four beds might include<\/p>\n<p>Bed 1:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *Solanaceae (potato crops)<br \/>\nBed 2:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legumes (pea crops)<br \/>\nBed 3:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brassica (cabbage crops)<br \/>\nBed 4:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0**Onions\/Others<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/what-do-you-mean-vegetables-live-in-families\/vegetable-families-2019-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?fit=448%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"448,495\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Dee Sewell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1552916039&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vegetable Families 2019\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;List of the most common vegetable families&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?fit=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?fit=448%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?resize=448%2C495\" alt=\"Common Vegetable Families\" width=\"448\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/Vegetable-Families-2019-1.jpg?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">*it\u2019s usual to plant potatoes and tomatoes in different areas of the garden. As members of the same family they are both susceptible to blight (<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Phytophthora infestans).<\/i> ** Can be split into a 5 yr rotation *** Perennial <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to understand crop rotation you&#8217;ll need to know the vegetable families<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[563],"tags":[283,286],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crop Rotation. 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