This way each family returns to their starting bed once every four years. Note that most lists are incomplete, as they are created for the purpose of advising on crop rotation by family among different vegetable beds each year. Crop Rotation, Vegetable Families, Annuals and Perennials
The chart below is as near to complete a list of the vegetables in their proper families as possible, based on compiling several sources we have been using over the years so no one is left out. So, as you can see, this family derived from the wild flower Queen Anne’s Lace may be crotchety but they are also extremely helpful if used properly. Just break the dill leaves off and into pieces and scatter them among the squash leaves. On the other hand, dill is one of the most powerful beneficial insect attractors they will flock to its blooms and seed heads.ĭill leaves are a natural repellant for squash bugs, which kill squash vines. Dill is also is a great boon to cucumbers, lettuce, onions, cabbage and corn but can cause problems for tomatoes and carrots. Beneficial Cousins – Companion Planting Vegetablesĭill, another cousin of Fennel, is the only plant that can grow next to it without falling deathly ill and passing on to the great beyond. So, just like people, you cannot judge a family by only one of its members. Interestingly, fennel, the crotchety old bachelor uncle, is the uncle of carrot, one of the sweet maidens of the vegetable garden who can go in just about anywhere and add benefit to her neighbors. One Crotchety Relation Does Not a Family Make The other common vegetable members of this family are celery, carrot, dill, chervil, cilantro, parsley, and parsnip. Now, Fennel is a member of the Umbelliferae family – think of umbrellas, like Queen Anne’s Lace flowers, one of the hereditary members of this plant family who still exists today. It does attract good beneficial insects, so it’s a good plant to grow, just not in the vegetable garden, please. Fennel is one of these, for instance, being pretty well offensive to just about everyone in the vegetable garden and should be planted by itself, under an apple tree, or, according to folklore, near the dog kennel as it deters fleas. Think of them as the odd cousins, or the eccentric maiden aunts or crotchety bachelor uncles in the group. Eccentric and Grumpy Relatives in the Mix Some members of the family are just shunned by everyone, even when the rest of the family gets along fine with lots of other families. Of course no rules hold true 100% and plants are no exception. Vegetable Families can be Like Human Families You may not remember all member of all families, but you will know, for example, if it is a squash or a melon or a gourd that it is a member of the cucurbits family and that means it doesn’t like those guys over in the potato patch. Knowing the vegetable families you will know without thinking about it too much who needs a male and female flower to pollinate, who adds nitrogen to the soil, who is related to whom and in general how they get along (or don’t) with each other. A Basic Knowledge of the Vegetable Families Provides a Lot of Helpful Information
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Once you know the vegetable families it’s much like knowing how to ride a bicycle: you may not ride every day but you know the basic requirements and you can get on and ride anytime the occasion comes up you won’t fall off. New and innovative gardening approaches have recently rediscovered and begun expanding and documenting this useful ancient practice. Unfortunately, modern science has not kept up with this ancient interest.
Historically, the art of understanding plant relationships, known as companion planting vegetables, goes back centuries. Planning, planting and growing a vegetable garden does not require that you know everything there is to know about vegetables but it does help to know the various families and groups of vegetables as there are some general rules which apply to each family and how they get along with each other. Getting to Know the Vegetable Families Makes it Easier to Plan Ahead
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