Planning tool
Crop Rotation and Companion Planner
Compare last season family pressure against the current seed plan, then review companion-planting ideas with explicit evidence labels and caution text.
Inputs
- Previous crop family
- Flags same-family repeats that can concentrate pest, disease, or nutrient pressure.
- Current catalog filters
- Builds the next-crop family mix from the seed plan you are browsing.
- Evidence labels
- Separates extension guidance and research-supported examples from lower-certainty companion claims.
What it returns
- Rotation warnings when the selected plan repeats last season family.
- Alternative plant-family candidates from the current filtered catalog.
- Companion ideas with source links and practical caveats.
Rotation family paths
- Cucurbit Family 6 catalog entries
- Legume Family 9 catalog entries
- Mustard Family 17 catalog entries
- Nightshade Family 5 catalog entries
Rotation-supporting catalog paths
- Cover Crop Catalog Green manure and soil-cover options
- Cover Crop Garden Planner 11 cover crop varieties
- Pollinator Garden Planner 49 high-value pollinator varieties
- High Pollinator Value Seeds Insectary and habitat candidates
- All Plant Families 21 family collections
Source basis
- Wisconsin Extension crop rotation Home vegetable crop rotation reference
- UMN living soil and crop rotation Rotation and soil-health reference
- UMN companion planting guide Companion planting guidance and caveats