Half-empty June bed? Let the Magic Wand replan it
Radishes harvested, spring lettuce gone to seed — and now there are gaps in your bed. Instead of stuffing in whatever's left, the Magic Wand gives you a thought-through replanting plan in seconds, with companion planting and crop rotation already baked in.
By mid-June, a lot has already been cleared from the bed: radishes, the first cut-and-come-again lettuce, the spinach that bolted before the summer heat. What’s left are empty patches — and the question of what actually belongs there now. That’s exactly where the Magic Wand comes in: it plans the replanting for your specific bed, with an eye on light, neighbors and history.
Why your June bed has gaps right now
Many early starters are done by mid-June: radishes need only four to six weeks, tender spring lettuce bolts in the first heat, and spinach struggles with the long days. That leaves empty rows in your bed.
It’s tempting to just drop in whatever’s on hand. That often backfires: two heavy feeders side by side, one bad neighbor too many, or the same plant family as before — and the follow-up crop sulks.
What the Magic Wand actually does
The Magic Wand is Rootivo’s auto-planner. You pick a theme — say Salad Mix, Soup Veg, Pollinator Patch or simply “Surprise me” — and it fills the bed with several well-matched species in tidy rows.
It doesn’t plan in the abstract, but for this exact bed: dimensions, shape, light and soil type all feed in. That way a sun-lover won’t end up in a part-shade bed.
It only fills the gaps — and respects what’s already there
If plants are still standing in the bed, they stay put. The Magic Wand uses only the free spots and treats your existing plants as neighbors.
In practice: it won’t put onions or garlic next to your bush beans — they don’t get along. Instead it picks partners that work together, like summer savory or carrots beside the beans.
Crop rotation included: what grew here before counts
The step beginners skip most often is crop rotation. The Magic Wand checks what last grew in a spot and avoids the same plant family there.
An example: where radishes just stood, it won’t place kohlrabi — both are brassicas, they draw on the same nutrients and invite disease. Instead it suggests a family switch, such as legumes or umbellifers.
How to use it
Open your bed in the bed editor and tap the wand icon at the top. You pick a theme, and the suggestion appears in seconds. You’ll find the same button in the garden view once you’ve selected a bed.
The Magic Wand is a Plus feature. Above all, it saves you the head-scratching over good combinations — the logic is already built in.
From suggestion to your own plan
Even if you plan like an old hand: use the Magic Wand as a quick first draft or a second opinion. It fills the bed densely and sensibly — you fine-tune the rest.
Shift rows, swap a species, leave a gap open for the later autumn sowing: it all stays in your hands. That way you’ve got a thought-through June bed in minutes, instead of poring over companion-planting charts.
Im Lexikon: Buschbohne