Crop rotation?

 Hi All,I am creating a veg garden,I have read through books etc,some do a
three bed ,some do a four bed rotation.Anyone have any advice from there
experience growing veg,this is my first time growing veg,I have made the
beds & leaving then for winter,to start in spring.
I would like to grow beans,onions,carrots,sweetcorn,parsnips,broccoli and
catch crops .

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Thanks Keith,England,UK.

 : Hi All,I am creating a veg garden,I have read through books etc,some
: do a three bed ,some do a four bed rotation.Anyone have any advice
: from there experience growing veg,this is my first time growing veg,I
: have made the beds & leaving then for winter,to start in spring.
: I would like to grow beans,onions,carrots,sweetcorn,parsnips,broccoli
: and catch crops .

I TRY and do a four bed rotation for onions and the like, potatoes, root
crops and brassicas but unfortunately it doesn't necessarily get adhered to
because of space etc. So I try and make sure things get in different places
as far as can be achieved for at least a couple of years

 


Monty Don  gave a comprehensive explanation of his four bed rotation system
on  BBC gardeners world this week.
Can't remember the details personally - perhaps somebody else here can.
Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

 
Don't worry about it too much! Most of the rotations I've seen have too
much cabbage ;-)

Start off simply by trying not to grow the same thing in the same place
two years running - a) to reduce chance of carrying over disease from
one year to the next b) because different crops have different
nutritional needs, so take different things from the soil.

Leafy things like nitrogen, it's less important for things that you grow
for their seeds.

Beans (and peas) can 'fix' atmospheric nitrogen in nodules on their
roots, so will grow well even when there is little nitrogen available in
the soil, and digging their roots into the soil when the crop is over
will increase the amount of nitrogen for the next crop.


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Kay
       "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"
                                        

 http://www.hdra.org.uk/factsheets/gg19.htm
This is the page for the HDRA Fact Sheet on Crop Rotation but as Kay and
others say, arrange this to suit what you grow and what room you have.

Personally I think the best list is the one that tells you WHICH beds to
manure for forthcoming crops and which shouldn't or don't need manure in
the winter. I think it's usually only the potatoes that can have large
amounts of compost/well rotted manure heaped on before planting, the
other crops prefer it to be longer in the ground.


Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk