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yes indeed, I have used many ‘tight ‘ rotations of two or three years and growth has been good. I think the key, as is so often the case, is healthy soil.
Incidentally tomatoes are often an issue because most of us want them more than cucumber and melon, causing a build up of solanum soil pests as tomatoes are grown every other or even every year. But again, I have good crops every other year. I did grow a few grafted tomato plants (onto pest resistant rootstocks) and was impressed by their vigorous growth – but picked no more fruit by season’s end! The plants were too exuberant and made lots of leaf; so I wonder if all the extra cost of grafted plants is worthwhile….