Cabbage, Collards

[hdan]

I'm seeing online shouldn't grow cabbage, collards together. Is this true? It is same plant family. Or is it ok long as planted on opposite ends of raised apart with another crop in between?

Also, did I post correctly this time?

 

[digitS']

I don't fully understand the serious need to separate the two. Let's say that counting both, the gardener has 20 plants. Might there be less risk of pests if 10 are separated by 30 feet from the other 10? I suppose so. Soil nutrient depletion? Yeah, if they are otherwise crowded and it would probably be better to have different species of plants alternating in a bed or in near rows.

That being said, what about the suppression of pests and applying fertilizers in a somewhat cabbage/collard specific way? The gardener's time and efficiency may be enhanced with having the plants in close proximity.

Twenty plants are not like 20 acres of monoculture cropping. In that scenario, it may be that a single issue quickly becomes a 20 acre problem. Presumably, most gardeners will have some measure of diversity within their 1000 square foot garden. This diversity, in and of itself and perhaps of a casual nature, will lessen the crops as targets for pests. It will also allow for better use of nutrients available to the plants if not in a single season but over the seasons of gardening.

Steve

 

[hdan]

I'm not most gardener's.
I'm learning.

 

[flowerbug]

what i learned so far is that the cabbage moths will be involved unless you manage the plants somehow to avoid them. and that some critters will eat your plants before you get any growth or harvest. and that there are certain aphid species which you won't know about until you plant them and ...

i really like anything close to cabbage family but almost all of them i plant here don't do so well. turnips are so far the only ones that i've managed to plant that some i could actually get to grow and provide results along with some chance of also getting flowers too and more seeds. that's the fun part for me. to see the flowers and the whole cycle have some chance of repeating.