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What can I plant after garlic?

Kat1989Kat1989 Posts: 51
in Fruit & veg
I planted some Marco and elephant garlic last autumn. As soon as I've harvested them (I guess around mid summer?) what can I plant in afterwards? The year before I had annual flowers and pumpkins growing here. Maybe something I can start from seed now indoors that would be ready to plant in when lifted? Would beetroot work? 

Any advise please  :)

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  • Michael147Michael147 Posts: 32
    I’m planting kale when I pull up my garlic - you could sow them now orwait a few weeks - they grow quick 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I plant leeks, first grown from seed in a seed bed. Not conventional, as you are not meant to plant an allium after an allium re crop rotation, but as it’s the same year, the allium bed gets alliums then everything rotates the year after. I grow a good leek!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • parrotfeather*parrotfeather* Posts: 188
    When the garlic is up (mine is usually ready late May/early June) I put in loads of compost and plant sweetcorn, grown in pots in the greenhouse.  You could start it on a windowsill but they need deep pots.  Otherwise Kale, as suggested by Michael147, or French Beans would work well.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Brussel sprouts works well for us as they like the compacted soil that happens as we hoe between onion and garlic rows all summer.
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  • ecocordlessecocordless Posts: 6
    Can I ask does the garlic destroy the ground that you need to think about what can be planted in its place? I have some growing but didnt know of any problems in what to plant afterwards..
  • Kat1989Kat1989 Posts: 51
    I don't think it will destroy the ground, its good just to rotate your crops. Some veg plants don't perform as well after the ground has been used for garlic or any alliums as it can take certain nutrients out. This is what I've read anyway. The post was more because I wanted to know what veg plants would be ready to plant out at that time after the garlic has been lifted. 
  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    I've read that turnips can be planted up until August and still give a crop for the winter but I guess they might be a bit smaller when planted that late. Kale is a good suggestion as it can be started somewhere else and can deal with being moved and there are types of broccoli that could also be good planted then for a crop in early spring the following year. There are some peas that are said to be OK to plant in autumn for a early spring crop and the same is said to be possible with broad beans but it depends how severe your winter is. Quick crops like little gem lettuce or radishes could also fit in as they don't take very long to crop.
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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    That’s right @Sharronwildman. Annual crop rotation is to spread the nutrient load, prevent the spread of pathogens and diseases and to keep certain vegetables apart because of ‘allelopathy’, where one crop exudes chemical compounds that inhibit the growth of another. For that reason, don’t follow alliums immediately with legumes - peas and beans - because the alliums exude antibiotics into the soil that inhibit the production/fixing of nitrogen by the beans.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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