Botanical family
Brassicaceae
12 plants
The cabbage family. Brassicaceae are heavy feeders and a magnet for cabbage white butterflies and flea beetles — insect netting isn't a luxury. Rotation rule: never plant Brassicaceae in the same spot two years in a row, or you'll get clubroot.
Crop rotation
After cabbage-family plants the soil is nutrient-depleted and may carry clubroot spores. Follow with nitrogen-fixers (bean, pea) or light feeders (lettuce, herbs) next year. Wait at least 3 years before planting Brassicaceae here again.
Nutrient distribution
How many plants in this family are how hungry for nutrients. Raised-bed soil exhausts quickly after heavy feeders — follow with nitrogen-fixers.
- Heavy feeders10
- Medium feeders2
