GOOD TO KNOW Mixed crops Recommendations FOR S AND DELICIOUHY HEALT This means that different types of vegetables, which support each other in their growth, are planted together. The advantages: varied crops, fewer diseases and parasites, preservation of soil fertility. Lists of which vegetables fit together and which don’t can be obtained from good specialist companies. Refined vegetables For tomatoes, peppers, etc., a good, productive variety is grafted (refined) onto a heavy-growth, robust rootstock. This way, the positive properties of both are combined. When planting, the grafting area must be above the surface of the soil. Fresh, fresher, Annual herbs such as basil, dill, and coriander only survive for one season. They are seeded and planted every year. ASB Grünland Helmut Aurenz GmbH Mittlerer Pfad 19 · D-70499 Stuttgart Tel.: +49 (0) 711 - 215 76 - 0 Fax: +49 (0) 711 - 215 76 - 216 [email protected] PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPE

Seeding/ planting One takes Vegetable seeds (seed bags) Loosen and level the soil in the raised vegetable bed or garden bed. Fill soil into containers. and/or healthy, strong vegetable or herb seedlings Scatter fertiliser (for dosage, see packaging) and work gently A raised vegetable bed or various other containers (pots, wooden boxes, etc.) that ensure good water drainage. Or the vegetables are planted/seeded directly into a garden bed. into the top layer of the soil. so deep that the lowest leaves are just above the surface of the Perennial herbs are trimmed in spring, thinned out, freshly...