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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: wayne170534 on August 27, 2011, 08:52

Title: crop rotation
Post by: wayne170534 on August 27, 2011, 08:52

morning all,

was having a think about whats being planted where on the lotty next year...have had conflicting info about what the spuds should follow from this year.. some sites say before onions some say after. Is there a link for a definite answer i had a look round but couldnt find one.
thnks
wayne

Title: Re: crop rotation
Post by: mumofstig on August 27, 2011, 09:43

Here is John's advice on the subject
http://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/crop-rotation/four-year-crop-rotation.php

but nothing is set in stone, as long as you don't follow a crop with the same thing again, it doesn't really matter.

Not everyone grows the same things or even all the things on the plan, so you find over time the plan that suits you :)

Title: Re: crop rotation
Post by: MichelleC on August 27, 2011, 10:37

The main thing I remember with potatoes is not to plant where the Tomatoes have been or near them for blight reasons. x

Title: Re: crop rotation
Post by: someoneorother on August 27, 2011, 14:11

I normally just keep potatoes/tomatoes from being in the same place on subsequent years. Same with brassicas, and put the legumes (beans etc) in somewhere that may be a bit 'tired' after having had greedy crops on it in previous years. Beyond that it doesn't really matter IMO as long as you change things up (unless you have actually noticed a specific disease in a specific place - e.g. onion white rot).

Title: Re: crop rotation
Post by: wayne170534 on August 27, 2011, 17:12

thanks all, will keep all that in mind when i plan it out

wayne

Title: Re: crop rotation
Post by: Ian_A on August 27, 2011, 18:25

all as above.
Saddo that I am I have rotations and allotment "beds" mapped out until 2015 much to the amusement of my OH