[lisajpickering]

Evenin' all    Ready for a newbie question?

I'm going to try some douce provence peas this winter and I'm getting a bit confused about advice not to put the same thing somewhere twice.   :blink: So, do I put them in the bed which was my beans/sweetcorn/squash bed this year or do I put them in the bed I'm planning for peas and sweetcorn next year?    Or, in terms of crop rotation, does it not really matter?   

Thanks
Lisa

[peapod]

If it was me, Id put them in the same legume bed as this year and, when they are done, plant with something else not of the legume family

[Salmo]

I would say treat them as the first of next years peas. If you grow them in the bed where peas grew this year you stand a risk of carrying over a disease or pest, for instance mildew or foot rot.

[DD.]

I agree with Salmo. You have to draw a line somewhere and it now seems to me as if the year is over & it's time to start again.

The spring cabbage and caulis won't go in the same spot, nor will the onions. Why single out the poor old peas?

[peapod]

Then I concur with our experts 

[DD.]

We've got experts??

I kneel before them.

[peapod]

We've got experts??

I kneel before them.

 

[Yorkie]

We've got experts??

Think she meant Salmo 

[peapod]

We've got experts??

Think she meant Salmo 

Shhh!

[DD.]

Just as well there's people like him.

The rest of us try & "wing it"!

[peapod]

Just as well there's people like him.

The rest of us try & "wing it"!

If I get snips and carrots and peas like yours, then Ill wing it too

[DD.]

Still can't do swede though - proves that the answer lies in the soil!

[Salmo]

Never take notice of anyone who calls themselves an expert.
EX = has been
SPERT = little squirt

[DD.]

I thought it was "spurt" as in "a little drip under pressure"