Bed MemoryWhat to plant after cucumbers or squash
After cucumbers, zucchini or squash, plant beans or peas, onions or garlic, cabbage family crops, or tomatoes.
Do not follow them with melons, pumpkins or more squash: they are all in the squash family. Check a bed below.
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Squash family rotation
Cucumbers, zucchini, melons and pumpkins share pests such as cucumber beetles and squash vine borers, some of which overwinter in or near the bed. Moving the whole family helps.
A worked example
The trellis bed grew cucumbers in 2026. Plant garlic there this fall, or peas next spring. Put next year's zucchini in a bed with no squash family crop since 2024.
Questions gardeners ask next
Can I plant melons where cucumbers were?
Rotation guides advise against it. Melons and cucumbers are the same family.
Can I plant tomatoes after squash?
Yes. Tomatoes are nightshades, a different family.
Is zucchini a squash?
Yes. Zucchini is a summer squash, in the same family as cucumbers and pumpkins.