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Crop Rotation
JenniB83
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in Fruit & veg
Hi Everyone, How do you all crop rotate in a small garden?
Last year I had a pot for courgettes, aubergines, peppers, dwarf French beans; and planted tomatoes, peppers and spring onions in a small bed.
This year I am not sure what to do as most of what I am growing is in the same family.
Any hints and tips welcome
Last year I had a pot for courgettes, aubergines, peppers, dwarf French beans; and planted tomatoes, peppers and spring onions in a small bed.
This year I am not sure what to do as most of what I am growing is in the same family.
Any hints and tips welcome
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If the list above is all you grow the best thing for you is to renew your soil every year by adding well-rotted manure and garden compost whenever you clear a crop and again when you are ready to plant another. Adding the appropriate fertiliser - eg tomato feed - and adequate watering will also help keep your crops healthy and soil fertile.
seriously though i believe in a garden that crop rotation is harder as distance between the plants is small so true crop rotation may not have as much impact.I have grown cucumbers and runner beans in the same area for the last two seasons but this year I am changing the location of both Crops
What Obelixx writes makes perfect sense
The beans you grew will have improved the fertility of the soil they grew in for specific crops - legumes 'fix' nitrogen in the soil which leafy plants need. But you're not growing leafy things.
I'd suggest you grow your spring onions somewhere different this year, although afaik they are not especially prone to the onion diseases.
Otherwise, as Obs has said, just keep the fertility up with a balanced feed.
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