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OK, so I have a new plot just 5 minutes from work. The cultivated area measures 5.5m (E/W) and 10m (N/S) plus a shared shed, water butt, a couple of daleks and rather overgrown path approx 50cm wide on 3 sides. Nice light friable soil to which I've added a sprinkle of chicken pellets as I've gone along. It was partially covered with couch grass but this has forked out relatively easily and I have stacked it to rot down.
My question relates to crop rotation. At my old plot which, was much bigger, I didn't have to worry too much as I could have whole beds of a single crop and just move on a couple of beds each year. As my new plot is much more compact I'm a bit confused by some of the crop rotation plans online. Some grow potatoes and roots together, others class potatoes as nightshade and have them growing alongside tomatoes, is a swede classed as a root or a brassica etc? Most common seems to be Roots, leaves, brassicas and legumes but then where do onions and leeks go
Anyway, basically the crops I want to grow are: Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, onions, shallots, leeks, garlic, cauliflower, broccoli, swede celeriac, peas, beans, sweetcorn and squash. I also have a few permanent crops such as asparagus, rhubarb and strawberries at the south end so the remaining area would be 5.5m by 8m or 4 beds of 2.5 by 4.
Please could someone advise a rotation plan of what should go with what.
Thanks
My question relates to crop rotation. At my old plot which, was much bigger, I didn't have to worry too much as I could have whole beds of a single crop and just move on a couple of beds each year. As my new plot is much more compact I'm a bit confused by some of the crop rotation plans online. Some grow potatoes and roots together, others class potatoes as nightshade and have them growing alongside tomatoes, is a swede classed as a root or a brassica etc? Most common seems to be Roots, leaves, brassicas and legumes but then where do onions and leeks go
Anyway, basically the crops I want to grow are: Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, beetroot, onions, shallots, leeks, garlic, cauliflower, broccoli, swede celeriac, peas, beans, sweetcorn and squash. I also have a few permanent crops such as asparagus, rhubarb and strawberries at the south end so the remaining area would be 5.5m by 8m or 4 beds of 2.5 by 4.
Please could someone advise a rotation plan of what should go with what.
Thanks
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