Crop Rotation.. Confused!

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Posted by Ed on May 15, 2008, 1:57 pm
 
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I have just taken over an allotment and am in the process of clearing
all (well most?) of the nasty weeds etc by the end of the summer.  I
plan to divide the allotment into 6 parts.  One part is for permanent
crops like fruit and the remaining five would rotate in the following order:

Legumes,  followed by
Brassicas, followed by
Fallow, followed by
Potatoes, followed by
Onions/Roots

I have read a number of articles on google and they all seem to offer
different rotations.  For example some suggest following Brassicas by
Legumes; others suggest the reverse.

Does the plan, that I outlined above , seem OK? Or is it flawed.?

(The fallow bed is to allow me a chance to do deep deep cleaning of
weeds and will also provide a space for me to bed out some plants like
Wallflowers that I grow from seed before I transfer then to their final
positions in the autumn in the flower garden at home.)

Ed



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