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Chapel Hill, NC

What would y’all consider planting in a different spot? Moving your plants over 10 feet or so from the previous season or plowing up an entirely new field?

10/15/2017 2:51:12 PM

Eastern Shore of VA

I would guess the proper answer would be a new patch.
I don't have that luxury,so I just move to the other side of my garden.

10/15/2017 9:51:59 PM

NE Arkansas

I have 3 melon spots that can grow 4 plants. I take 1 out of the rotation each year and grow the garden there. So I grow in the same spot 2 years then off a year.

10/15/2017 11:14:38 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Crop rotation is good, no matter what you grow. Breaks up soil disease problems. Its true for production agriculture, extreme gardening, or even the backyard average garden.

10/16/2017 3:56:03 AM

Bethlehem CT

Rotation will eliminate and reduce a lot of disease problems. I think commercial melon growers try to do a five year interval between rotations. It takes a long time to get the fusarium out of the soil.

10/16/2017 8:18:54 AM