Do they work well for you.
Some flowers are good trap crop, but I do not use them.
Do a search on this site, top of page light green box, with red go.

Here is a link that might be useful: trap plants

Since we don't know what you want to trap, we can't tell you. Surely your County Extension has a list on its IPM page.

Dan

Maybe I used the wrong term...not trying to trap an insect, but to put in a crop after an early crop.

What I'm looking for is what people use to follow things like peas, beets, spring lettuce, etc.
Thanks, Adam

Succession planting.

This year my potatoes followed my winter greens and beans are following cabbage and other overwintered crops.

Dan

I grew Fava Beans last year. (Not as a Trap Crop.) They were simply covered in nasty insects while the other crops were left alone. I just sprayed them to kill all the insects in my garden every 7-10 days. I will be growing Fava's again this Fall planting season.

My early crops are snap peas, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, leeks, onions, beets, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce parsley
spinach. I live in a warm climate - so early crops are planted in October.

At the present time - May - most of these above are now being harvested, or have bolted.

So - in the past few months, I have been planting my warm weather crops - tomato, pole and bush beans - to fill snap pea spot, also peppers, melons, summer squash, pumpkin, cucumbers and sweet potatoes.

Because our weather is cool to hot - I try to use the older crops to shelter the new ones so they can become established.

I realize the timing may be different - but the crop rotation should be similar. Is this what you were looking for?

Bejay

I plant an early and late batch of zucchini, mostly because the more mature the plants get, the more I lose the aphid battle. I've found it's easier to just pull the plant and have another one started later to take its place. Thus, the late zucchini goes in around July to replace my spring crop of peas. I also do an early/late crop of pole beans, the late crop going in after my spring peas.

Thanks guys! I'm looking for crops that can go in when plants come up in July-ish (I'm zone 6B), and I have from then until October to have another crop.

I've found winter radish to be real handy for this task (Watermelon radish, black spanish, diakon)...any other plants like this? I was thinking maybe Napa Cabbage?

Other rotations I do: Leeks after early potatoes (out July 4th) and brussel sprouts/savoy cabbage after peas (out about the same time)

Thissame, how did the favas do production wise? What month did you plant and was it full sun? Which variety?
I'm very interested in trying favas this winter but not sure where and when I should plant. I have a fairly shady area and my main gardens get afternoon shade. I was thinking favas might be good to put in the shadier garden with filtered sunlight.

tracydr If memory serves I planted them in late October. The bed they were planted in only received half day sun through the winter. Apparently not enough for them to fruit while being constantly under attack. This year I plan on planting them September 1st in a newer bed thats in full sun. Going to spray them with a vegetable safe systemic pesticide before they get attacked this year. I have not had fresh Fava's since I was a kid growing up in Monterey.

For succession planting, the focus can be on the individual plant you are planting. Mostly, the space and time. So, if you want to plant in July and have only until Oct for harvest, you must look at quick growing plants, then see if they will fit in the space you have. Beans come to mind. Look up their harvest times.

As far as succession AND trap, kale has become the queen of my garden. I have some 2 year old kale growing at the end of a raised bed. During the fall, winter and into late spring, the kale is delicious. Then, heading into summer...some kind of bug attacks it and stays until they eat all of the leaves with only the stalks left. The bugs don't eat anything else (trap plant). Then, come fall, the kale grows leaves again for me to enjoy.
Amazing.