[cbarzegar]

Hello, first of all thanks for all the information you share. I have a doubt after reading the article about crop rotation five year plan. I understand how you deal with the five year plan but i read in a lot of places that you shouldn't grow tomatoes in the same place you grow potatoes. I know they are from the same family like peppers or aubergines  but i don't know how do you solve the problem of rotation if you need to keep them appart . I would be happy to learn more about it. thanks cbarzegar

[mumofstig]

They go in the same bed as the potatoes

look at RHS rotation guide
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1200/crop_rotation.asp

Hope this helps

[Salmo]

Grow all of the same family together so that they only grow in that soil once in every 5 years. They share the same pests and diseases.

[woodburner]

you shouldn't grow tomatoes in the same place you grow potatoes.

I think that should read "grew" rather than "grow", but I'm no expert.

You could always grow your tomatoes with the ring culture method. i.e. take it out of the rotation system altogether.

[Stripey_cat]

Some people do suggest you split up tomatoes and potatoes - I think the theory is that if you get disease on one lot it won't spread so easily to the others if they're in separate beds.  In the average allotment, though, if you're going to get blight you'll get it everywhere.

[cbarzegar]

Thanks for all the replies. I also search to see why some sites and books say one thing and others say the reverse and came to the same conclusion. Those that say to plant all the family together it's because they share the same conditions and also they rotate together. THose that say to avoid planting them together is to not catch the same pests if one from the family has. Anyway, next year when i will plant the 2 fields (and i intend to use raised beds) maybe i have space enough to divide it in different beds and be able to rotate them at the same time. Thanks to all that answer me back. Claudia

[cornykev]

Because of the blight on our site I now grow my Toms at home thats 1/2 a mile apart, that should be safe.