Beginner Gardening: FROM CABBAGES TO COWPEAS?, 0 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
I grew brassicaes (cabbages, cauliflowers, broccolis) in my eBuckets this past winter, and sprinkled 2 Tbsp. Bloodmeal (nitrogen) into each 5-gallon bucket along with some 13-13-13 fertilizer (see my cabbages below -- will be pulling them in the next 2-3 weeks).

I've been told by some DGers that, since I grow in containers, I don't necessarily have to worry about "crop rotation," or soil-borne pathogens. And, because I use only potting mix, homemade compost, and/or coco coir, I can plant my cabbages in the same place again.

I'm shifting gears now to start my spring/summer veggies, and my question regards what I can put in the buckets behind the brassicaes. I know I can't plant my tomatoes there (too much nitrogen for calcium lovers), and I need advice on what I can safely grow (if anything) in the same eBuckets the cabbages are coming out of.

I was reading that cowpeas "fix" nitrogen into the soil and wondered if I could put them into the eBuckets next? Then, I could plant cabbages again in the fall behind the cowpeas?

I have cowpeas, cucurbits (squash, cukes, zuchini) okra, eggplants, tomatoes and English peas, green beans to put down next. Please advise soon as you can. Thanks!

Linda