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Crop Rotation for Beginners
After setting aside a section of your plot for perennial crops such rhubarb and asparagus, every new plot-holder needs to give some thought to crop rotation. This helps
to ensure that you do not get a build-up of pests and diseases, groups plants with similar nutritional needs
together, and helps to build soil fertility. Crops such as sweetcorn, squash and salads can be tted in suitable places around the plot but take care not to grow them in the same spot every year. Some gardeners follow a 3 year rotation schedule.
YEAR ONE
YEAR TWO
YEAR THREE
YEAR FOUR
BED 1
Spring and summer planting: Enrich the soil with compost and plant potatoes, tomatoes and courgettes.
Autumn planting: onions, leeks, garlic, shallots.
Spring and summer planting: peas and beans.
Lime the soil after harvest for brassicas if necessary.
Spring and summer planting: brassicas, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauli ower, rocket, radish, turnip.
Autumn planting: winter brassicas, ie kale, sprouts, oriental greens.
Add compost in spring and summer
Spring and summer planting: carrots, parsnips, beetroot, celery, spinach, chard, parsley, celeriac.
Autumn planting: green manure such as grazing rye to break up soil.
BED 2
Spring and summer planting: carrots, parsnips, beetroot, celery, spinach, chard, parsley, celeriac.
Autumn planting: green manure such as grazing rye to break up soil.
Spring and summer planting: Enrich the soil with compost and plant potatoes,
tomatoes, courgettes.
Autumn planting: onions, leeks, garlic, shallots.
Spring and summer planting: peas and beans.
Lime the soil after harvest for brassicas if necessary.
Spring and summer planting: brassicas, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauli ower, rocket, radish, turnip.
Autumn planting: winter brassicas, ie kale, sprouts, oriental greens.
Add compost in spring and summer
BED 3
Spring and summer planting: brassicas, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauli ower, rocket, radish, turnip.
Autumn planting: winter brassicas, ie kale, sprouts, oriental greens.
Add compost in spring and summer
Spring and summer planting: carrots, parsnips, beetroot, celery, spinach, chard, parsley, celeriac.
Autumn planting: green manure such as grazing rye to break up soil.
Spring and summer planting: Enrich the soil with compost and plant potatoes,
tomatoes, courgettes.
Autumn planting: onions, leeks, garlic, shallots.
Spring and summer planting: peas and beans.
Lime the soil after harvest for brassicas if necessary.
BED 4
Spring and summer planting: peas and beans.
Lime the soil after harvest for brassicas if necessary.
Spring and summer planting: brassicas, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauli ower, rocket, radish, turnip.
Autumn planting: winter brassicas, ie kale, sprouts, oriental greens.
Add compost in spring and summer
Spring and summer planting: carrots, parsnips, beetroot, celery, spinach, chard, parsley, celeriac.
Autumn planting: green manure such as grazing rye to break up soil.
Spring and summer planting: Enrich the soil with compost and plant potatoes, tomatoes, courgettes.
Autumn planting: onions, leeks, garlic, shallots.