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 cropping patterns. 



4. In this study, applications of the same rate of fertilizers 

 to each crop in sequential cropping patterns with liM vegetable crops 

 were not profitable. Residual fertilizer from previous crops should 

 be considered in formulating fertilizer rates for succeeding crops. 



5. Successive plantings of related LM crops such as English 

 pea and southern pea in a year-round cropping pattern resulted in low 

 yields of successive crops. 



6. Cropping patterns involving HM vegetable crops were highly 

 productive and profitable, but were not more efficient than cropping 

 patterns involving LW and a combination of HM, MM, and LM vegetable 

 crops in terms of resource use and rates of return to production inputs. 



7. The low-labor and low-cash requiring cropping patterns were 

 as efficient and profitable as cropping patterns requiring high labor 

 and cash inputs. Therefore, vegetable growers with limited resources 

 can grow a sequence of LM or a combination of HM, MM, and LM crops and 

 improve their income without additional production costs. 



