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I don't have a huge vegetable patch in my garden, so I want to maximise it's use as much as possible.
At the moment, I have an area 3m x 5m planted up with Jersey Royal new potatoes. What can I plant in that space once they have moved out? I am quite keen to try red cabbage, parsnips, sprouts (because those are what we like to eat!)
Would these be happy in post-potato soil, and should I be sowing them in my cold greenhouse soon, ready to plant out when the potatoes have been lifted?
Any other suggestions for different vegetables would be welcome!
Also, how strict is the rule about not growing potatoes in the same place two years running, and is this negated by using the area for something else between seasons? The farmers in Jersey seem to use the same fields for potatoes every year, without any problems.

I think brassicas do particularly well in post-tato soil. I'd plant the red cabbages and brussels sprouts. I planted sprouts, cabbages and cauliflowers in three of my post-tato beds last year and they seemed to do really well. Peas in another didn't do so great.

Good luck.

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I'm going traditional on this and going with the leeks.

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now in blog form ! UPDATED 01 / 04 / 08

Thanks for this question. Have 2 x 40ltr plastic containers with potatoes in and hadn't even thought of using them for something else afterwards. Would it be ok to put Leeks in one and Purple Sprouting Broccoli in another, and should I add more manure or compost then as well?

Yep. I'd go with leeks as well, but i wouldn't put parsnips in, especially if you added manure like the rest of us, to your spud patch. brocc's will do ok.

I have some PSB and brussels sprouts just sown last weekend to follow my spuds, and some leeks to follow the other spuds (I think the brassicas will follow the 1sts and leeks the 2nds). I may - depending on how fast the first harvests are made - put a couple of sweetcorns in the very first early spud spots, and I was also considering a later sowing of parsnips and possibly some carrots for that area too.

Hopefully I am not trying to plant too intensively.....