lets see your 2015 vegetable succession crop plan?

[Lumpy]

Err plan - what plan? I just shove more bits and pieces in as space becomes available.

[Kristen]

Err... I have been accused of running my garden like an military operation

... I'm keeping quiet !!

[Jay-ell]

Mine seems to be whatever gets sown/transplanted first followed by whatever's ready to go in when that comes out.


Not really got the hang of successional planting or catch cropping yet.

[melonmen]

bearded bloke if you referring interplanting when you are referring to catch cropping I have used that before with several crops. radish and carrots are common example of this by the time carrots sprouts the radish are harvest which is also succession cropping. Planting the beans among dwarf peas works well
dwarf varieties give you crop all at once which is an advantage.
early peas and early bean varieties help when do such quick succession such as the pea,bean, pea here.

Most of my succession crops are two crops; one after the same space over one season.

[Snow]

I have PSB and winter onions in at the mo. And half my patch empty. They will soon be joined by potatoes and perhaps some kale.
Once the potatoes come out, I'll replace with beans of one type or another growing up a bunty frame to maximise my use of space, and maybe some sprouts if room. PSB for harvesting next year will replace the onions.
Replacing this year's PSB will be carrots and parsnips. I'd like to fit in some cauliflower but I'm not sure I have room.

[Scarlet]

dwarf varieties give you crop all at once which is an advantage.

We get frosts in May...any dwarf planting of beans need to be undercover if you want to finish cropping by the end of July. When and where do you start them off - what are the temperatures in May with you? When is your last average frost? Not everyone has the luxury of undercover space, keeping beans in pots for a few weeks in May is a gamble here. I planted out beans in 2013 in the first week of July and they were all hit by the cold. Last year we were lucky, it was much warmer. In the UK most gardeners won't start beans until June, even dwarf varieties will take more than 8 weeks from bean to plate

[skeggijon]

bearded bloke if you referring interplanting when you are referring to catch cropping I have used that before with several crops. radish and carrots are common example of this by the time carrots sprouts the radish are harvest which is also succession cropping. Planting the beans among dwarf peas works well
dwarf varieties give you crop all at once which is an advantage.
early peas and early bean varieties help when do such quick succession such as the pea,bean, pea here.

Most of my succession crops are two crops; one after the same space over one season.

You still haven't told us where you are melonmen

[melonmen]

radish-> beans
lettuce->beans
carrots->cabbage
cabbage->beans

[sparrow100]

You still haven't told us where you are melonmen

3 people have asked, no response. Perhaps it's to stay an (inter)national melonmen of mystery...

[Bigmallly]

I think he's an American WUM (Wind Up Merchant)................but that's just my guess.

[melonmen]

my location is not reverent to this thread. If really want know I am american expat living in UK west of London.

[Alison]

my location is not reverent to this thread. If really want know I am american expat living in UK west of London.

Your exact location isn't relevant but your approximate one is VERY relevant. Different climates or even micro climates make a huge difference to what you can grow and when which is why we're all getting rather confused. The assumption was made that you were from the US as you used the term bush beans when we would be much more likely to say dwarf and that led to people thinking you were still living there. I'm still surprised you can get 3 crops of legumes out of one bed in a year and it goes against what I like to do which is to follow with different families. With the exception of salads stuffs and squashes which get shoved in wherever they fit, everything else is rotated across a set of 4 beds, however that can mean that two years of beds have the same things in at certain times, 1 nearing the end of it's life and the other at the start if you see what I mean.

[veggiechicken]

Would you add your location to your profile please, melonmen. Nearest town or county will be sufficient.

[Guest]

Nearest town or county will be sufficient.

Oops, I wish I didn't need to read things twice. First time I read it as 'Nearest town or country will be sufficient'

[Bigmallly]

my location is not reverent to this thread. If really want know I am american expat living in UK west of London.

Aye, about 4,000 miles west of London.