Radek Tesár 28. 7. 2025 clock 3 minutes video
After harvesting early potatoes, peas or beans, there is a lot of space on the beds. And with that the possibility to refine the ground. What to draw so that the flower bed is not unnecessarily empty and at the same time ready for autumn planting?
Summer is in full swing, the first wave of vegetables is behind and some flower beds remain bare ground. But letting her lie fallow is a pity. July and August offers an ideal opportunity for sowing crops with short vegetation periodsor for sowing that returns the soil nutrients and improves its structure. The selection of suitable plants depends on what has grown on the flowerbed before, and on the future plans. If you use the flower bed cleverly, you can make an autumn harvest, and at the same time prepare the ground for the next season.
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What to draw when you want to use the ground and enrich
Short vegetation time is the key to success. Vegetables such as spinach, salads, Beijing or Chinese cabbage, water, radishes or arugula can grow until autumn, even when sowing in July or early August. Baby leaf mixtures are also ideal: fast -growing salad leaves that you can harvest after four weeks. When choosing, however, pay attention to suitable varieties that do not suffer from unnecessary flowering.
But if you are no longer planning another harvest, it is worth sowing plants intended for green fertilization. Mustard, vikves, pods mixed or aksamitník not only enrich the soil with organic matter, but also prevents weeds. Especially legumes such as peas or beans leave nitrogen bound to root tubers in the soil. Therefore, after their cultivation, we recommend leaving the roots in the ground.
Whether you choose other vegetables or green fertilization, remember the rules of crop alternation. Do not grow down relatives of species: For example, cruciferous such as radishes, cabbage or broccoli, nor crops with the same nutrient demands. Each species draws something different from the soil and only by changing you keep the flower beds in the long term fertile and full of the necessary nutrients.
Summer flower bed as an investment in autumn and next season
Before you go to the next sowing, Clean the flower bed from the remains of previous vegetables. Cry the soil as needed, in dry years in moderation, so that the moisture does not lose. If you are planning a subsequent crop, fertilize as needed with composts or natural fertilizers.
Summer sowing are also an attraction for slugs and small pests such as fleaists or flower. Therefore, protect your crops and do not water too late, because the plants need their time to take root and grow before the first frosts come.
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The flower bed may never be empty. Even if you are no longer planning a crop on it, consider sowing a mixture for green fertilization. Especially on lands that do not regularly receive compost or manure. These plants aerate the soil, give it organic matter and prepare it for the next season without the need for chemical intervention.
Smart planning of beds after summer harvest brings two benefits: the harvest in the autumn and fertile ground for next year. Whether you choose a salad, water, or green fertilization, the soil will return your efforts in the form of healthy and strong vegetables.
