[J_B]

image of 4 year crop rotation

[mumofstig]

John's suggested 4 year rotation is different to yours
http://www.allotment-garden.org/crop-rotation/four-year-crop-rotation-plan/

but as long as you do rotate crops, I don't think it matters too much.

On my small plot, I just make sure I don't follow a crop with exactly the same thing next year 

[sunshineband]

I think you are right in what you say, MoS.  As long as you don't grow the same as you did last year in an area, it pretty much works out. I use a five year rotation, as we have the space, but if not then the squahes just get amalgamated into wherever the fit tbh

Crop Rotation Plan:

Potatoes (BFB on planting, chicken manure pellets after earthing up, lime on lifting)

                                    followed by

Peas and Beans (compost & chicken manure pellets before planting - kitchen waste trench during Winter prior to planting)

                                    followed by

Brassicas, including turnips (manure before planting, chicken manure pellets mid-season, maybe twice; compost mulch after harvesting)

                                   followed by

Squashes & courgetttes (additional compost mulch on planting, with BFB and whatever else I have to hand --greedy lot they are!)

                                  followed by

Onions & Roots (Onions only -- chicken manure pellets before planting; Epsom salts mid season;  manure on lifting. Roots -BFB two or three weeks before sowing)

[3759allen]

i rotate spuds and bassicas every year, so spud, brassicas, spud, brassicas, etc. i find these occupy similar space to each other.

roots and everything else get the same rotation pattern. i'm limited to where i can grow roots as a lot of my veg garden has stone. the only trouble i do have is not being able to obey the 2 year with out fertilizing for roots.

as said just don't keep growing the same thing in the same place, and feed/ mulch where needed.

[Aidy]

The only comment I would make to this is if like us clubroot is on your plot.
If your like us we lime our brassica bed each year, I would always allow at least two years between Brassica and spuds as spuds generally dont like lime that much and will produce spud scab.

My rotation is

spuds
roots
legume
brassica

following year

brassica
spuds
roots
legume