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Vegetable crop rotation – do you do it?  Or do you wonder why the same crops have the same problems year after year?

The answer is in the soil, or more specifically what’s not in the soil!  Let’s take a look at what’s happening to cause your vegetable garden to suffer and you to be frustrated!

What Vegetables Eat

No, it’s not a trick question; vegetable crops do eat and drink; they just do it in a different way than what we’re used to.

Plants gets their food from the soil, and different vegetable crops use nutrients differently.  For example, tomatoes and peppers are heavy feeders that really like calcium and phosphorus to give forth their bounty.

Leafy crops, like cabbage, kale and lettuces need more nitrogen to become lush.

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