{"id":13869,"date":"2012-08-05T07:29:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T14:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2012-08-05T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T14:30:19","slug":"vegetable-families-their-importance-and-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/vegetable-families-their-importance-and-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Families their Importance and Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of rotating vegetable crops to keep soil in good heart and avoids disease build up has been know for millennia. Gardeners should rotate families of similar vegetable using the lists below, not just switching for cabbages to cauliflowers.<br \/>\nVegetables from the same family often need similar culture or treatment and suffer from similar pests. Fresh soil helps.<\/p>\n<p>Families of like vegetables need similar nutrient levels and attach importance to different fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4340582358\/\" title=\"Aubergine by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2739\/4340582358_6f29002006.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" alt=\"Aubegine\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cucurbitacea &#8211; the marrow family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/marrows-watering-pollinating-and-harvesting\/\">Marrows <\/a>and Courgettes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-pumpkins-and-squash\/\">Pumkins and Squashes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Melons<\/li>\n<li>Cucumber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Leguminosae  &#8211; Fabacea<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-broad-beans\/\">Broad bean<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/runner-bean-organic-feast\/\">Runner bean<\/a> and French bean<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-and-sprouting-seeds\/\">Alfalfa, <\/a>Tares and Trefoil<\/li>\n<li>Peas and Mange tout<\/li>\n<li>Clover, Lupins and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-and-sprouting-seeds\/\">Fenugreek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Compositae &#8211; Daisy Family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicory &#8211; Endive<\/li>\n<li>Jerusalem Artichoke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/top-tips-for-cut-and-come-again-leaf-crops\/\">Lettuce<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Salsify and scorzonera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5303924036\/\" title=\"Broccoli by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5129\/5303924036_8369b3b2dd.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Broccoli\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cruciferae &#8211; Cabbage or Brassica family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Broccoli, Calabrese and <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-and-harvesting-curly-kale\/\">Kales<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brussel Sprouts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-winter-cabbage-and-spring-greens\/\">Cabbage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cauilflower<\/li>\n<li>Kohlrabi,  Swede and Turnip<\/li>\n<li>Raddish and Mustard<\/li>\n<li>Oriental brassicas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5303923166\/\" title=\"Pepper by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5007\/5303923166_a771de8329.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Pepper\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Solanaceae &#8211; Potato Family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-for-vegetarians\/\">Potato<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tomato<\/li>\n<li>Aubergine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-for-vegetarians\/\">Pepper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Umbelliferae &#8211; Apiacae<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrot<\/li>\n<li>Celeriac and Celery<\/li>\n<li>Fennel and Parsley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/growing-parsnips\/\">Parsnip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alliaceae &#8211; Onion Family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/top-10-garlic-varieties\/\">Garlic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/long-leeks-pot-leeks-and-intermediates\/\">Leek<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Onion and Shallot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chenopodiaceae &#8211; Beetroot Family<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Beetroot<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/swiss-chard-as-coloured-spinach\/\">Swiss Chard<\/a> and Spinach Beet.<\/li>\n<li>Good King Henry and Quinos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other unclassified vegetable families include Zea maize Sweet Corn, Purslane,  Lambs Lettuce, Convolvulaceae sweet potato,            Labiateae  basil,  and Polygonaceae for rhubarb &amp; sorrel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4339838161\/\" title=\"Chicory by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2801\/4339838161_d5f300862b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Chicory\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of rotating vegetable crops to keep soil in good heart and avoids disease build up has been know for millennium. Gardeners should rotate families of similar vegetable using the lists below, not just types of vegetable.<br \/>\nVegetables from the same family often need similar culture or treatment and suffer from similar pests.<br \/>\nFamilies of like vegetables need similar nutrient levels and attach importance to different fertilizers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}