raised bed question

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rowlandwells

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raised bed question
« on: September 22, 2021, 17:48 »
someone asked me the other day if they could sow parsnip and swede where carrots had been grown in a raised bed next season and I really didn't know the answer as carrots being a root crop could they be followed on by another root crop like swede or parsnip or would one need to follow on with brassicas or other crops?


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Re: raised bed question
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2021, 13:40 »
If you are following conventional rotation then you shouldn’t use the bed for another root crop. I don’t follow a strict rotation but I avoid growing the same class of vegetables in a bed in the next year. If really critical one could change the soil in the bed by replacing soil with new compost. HH
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Re: raised bed question
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2021, 14:33 »
You can follow carrots with swede, because swede is a Brassica - and thus a different family.
You shouldn't follow carrots with parsnips because they are both the same family, Umbellifers.



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