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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