Crop rotation arranges vegetable into families that have similar vulnerabilities to disease and insects to avoid implant them in ecological succession and increase the likelihood of transferring problems from one harvest to the next . Pumpkins ( Cucurbita maxima , C. moschata or C. argyrosperma ) fall into the gourd vine or cucurbits menage , which grow on vines . By rotate the pumpkin crop with other crop families in a given planting area , you help the soil maintain a nutritive symmetricalness , reduce grass problems and decrease the opportunity for damaging populations of disease spores , testicle and pests to adjudicate into one region farseeing - terminal figure and harm your pumpkins .
Soil Fertility
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Texas A&M Horticulture advises thatsweet corn(Zea may ) " produces a common crop refuse that resists rot . " However , pumpkin vine help in crumble this residue and so works well as a follow - up crop . You must take forethought with any weed slayer you use on the corn , though , as triazine weedkiller can persist in the soil and interfere with the pumpkin ’s growth the undermentioned yr .
Disease Management
According to Ohio State University Extension , " pumpkin have few diseases when they follow forage crop such as area or fresh corn or small grains . " diminished grains include wheat ( Triticum spp . ) , barley ( Hordeum vulgare ) , rye ( Secale cereale ) , oats ( Avena sativa ) , triticale ( x Triticosecal ) and spelt ( Triticum spelta ) . Rotation with non - cucurbit crops works to push soil - borne disease such as fusarium yield rot , anthracnose , angular leafage spot , Phytophthora yield and crown rot and Verticillium wilting . For best effect , any give athletic field should be on at least a three - twelvemonth crop rotation that leaves it free of Cucurbita pepo and vine crop for two or more years between other crop .
Pest Control
As pumpkins are members of the cucurbits kin , vulgar blighter include squash bugs , cucumber beetle and aphid . Planting pumpkins or other crop with similar vulnerabilities , such as cucumbers ( Cucumis Sativus ) , muskmelon ( Cucumis melo ) or other squash ( Cucurbita ) for several years in a row encourage the pests to multiply around the uninterrupted food germ . Rutgers University New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station recommends include alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) and legume ( Leguminosae ) in the crop rotary motion to amend the soil with organic matter that breaks the plague ’s biography cycle and exterminate the plague .
Weed Control
Many pests obliterate in weeds and carry disease or stimulate injury to your plants that increase their susceptibility to disease . Therefore , weed ascendance is an important part of pest and disease direction . The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture suggest sorghums ( Sorghum spp . ) , buckwheat ( Eriogonum umbellatum ) , mustards ( Brassica spp . ) , rye , barley , oats , fescues ( Festuca arundinacea ) , perennial Secale cereale green goddess ( Lolium perenne ) and legumes as get across crop with weed - suppressive abilities .
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