Botanical family
Fabaceae
2 plants
The legume family — beans and peas. Nitrogen-fixers: their root nodules pull nitrogen from the air into the soil. Ideal precursor for heavy feeders (tomato, cabbage) the next year.
Crop rotation
Legumes are nitrogen-fixers — they LEAVE soil better than they found it. Ideal precursor for heavy feeders next year: tomato, cabbage, cucumber follow perfectly after bean or pea.
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.
- Nitrogen-fixers2
