Intercropping in vegetables:- To utility land and labour effectively and also for getting maximum in come from a unit piece of land, vegetables are used in rotation, successive cropping   or inter-cropping or mixed cropping with other crops.The short duration and high yield permits most of vegetable crops for inclusion in mixed or intercropping or in rotation. Growth pattern, growth rate, root distribution, feeding habit, incidence of pests and diseases, market demand etc. should be considered while fitting vegetable crop in crop rotation or mixed cropping.

Cropping plan should not be permanent and it should be flexible considering changes in climate conditions, incidence of pests and disease, market demand, price individual needs of grower etc.

S.No.   Name of vegetables   intercropped

1.)        Tomato            – Banana, Lemon, Cotton, Okra, Maize, Marigold

2.)        Brinjal              – Corrot, cauliflower, fenugreek, cabbage, turmeric

3.)        Chilli                – Potato, Turnip, Cowpea

4.)        Cabbage         – Lime, carrot, radish, Brinjal

5.)        Cauliflower      – Knol-Khol, Spinach, brinjal, maize

6.)        Onion              -Carrot, Radish, Coriander, Turnip

7.)        Garlic              -Beet root, radish, carrot

8.)        Pea                  -Sorghum. Maize, Sunflower, Guava

9.)        Frenchbean     -Brinjal, Chilli, Marigold, Maize

10.)      Cowpea           -Frenchbean, coriander, Maize, Sorghum, Banana

11.)      Okra                -Coriander, Cluster bean

12.)      Bottle Gourd    -Cowpea, Snakegourd, Ivy Gourd, Amaranthus.

13.)      Sponge Gourd-Spinash, Tomato

14.)      Cucumber       -Cowpea, palak, Turnip, sweet pepper

15.)      Bitter Gourd-   Lima bean, cowpea, parsnip, Lettuce.

 

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