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Originally Posted by dvervaet  Hi,
I wonder could anyone throw any light on this. There is crop rotation and successional planting, let's forget complementary for a second.
I read in a gardening magazine that you can plant late brassicas (according to one of my gardening books, group A) after e.g. beans (group C) and kale (group A) after new potatoes (group A). I can possibly follow the first suggestion, i.e. brassicas after beans, but will the 2nd one work? How does that affect crop rotation for next year? Do I then put carrots or parsnips in the beds that I used for either of those next year or how do I go about it?
I am also rather confused on the different classifications, one of my books puts leeks in group A (a 3-year rotation system), another one puts leeks with all the other allium groups (4-year crop rotation). Can anyone suggest a crop rotation system that I can follow, i.e. see the logic in?
Thank you in advance for any useful suggestions!
Regards,
dvervaet |
I'm confused - do you mean that potatoes are in group A, the same group as brassicas? That doesn't sound right to me.
Having said that, every system is different - as you've seen with the 2 different rotations putting leeks in with alliums or not... personally, i would, because they are botanically in the same family. Dunno why the other plant didn't but someone else might have a clue...
And you'll probably end up breaking the rules anyway, when you run out of space or have something you urgently need to plant that doesn't fit in with the scheme you've selected!
If you're after suggestions, then I would go for either a 3-year or 4-year rotation (whatever suits the space you have available) and then stick to the advice for the scheme you've got, as closely as you practically can, but not religiously.... As long as you don't grow the same family/group in the same place in consecutive years you'll probably be more or less ok!
PS you'll probably get more answers posting a separate thread - also worth using the search button to see what others more expert than me have already said on this subject.