Crop rotation using the square foot gardening method.

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• Teejay1951 Posts: 13

  February 2023

  Does it matter? Maybe some crops do better in the same place year after year. However, I'll be growing Tomatoes, peppers, chillis, carrots onions and a few plants of Basil and French marigold. Hope this helps?

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  February 2023

  It would be a good idea to move the onions around a bit, and don't put carrots in freshly manured ground, but otherwise there's not a problem with growing the others in the same place in following years, providing you give them the appropriate fertiliser.  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  February 2023

  Tomatoes, peppers and chillies all enjoy the same rich conditions, basil is a good companion to those too. I have heard that some permaculturalists grow them in the same bed year on year to no ill effect. All like a rich soil, plenty of sun, water and liquid fertiliser such as seaweed and later, when the fruit is set, tomato feed. A few of plants of each of those will occupy the whole space.
  
  Baby Spinach can be intercropped between with the rows of toms etc. where they get some shade.
  
  To maximise your produce, you can also plant an early catch crop before all of the above are ready to grow outdoors, such as radishes and brassica salad leaves (I like the cut and come again  ‘spicy mix’ with mizuna, rocket and mustard leaves).
  
  Carrots and onions won’t do well in the same rich conditions, preferring a leaner soil. Unless there are some heirloom varieties you really want to grow, I’m wondering if it’s worthwhile growing them when you have such a limited space? They are cheap enough to buy and don’t necessarily taste any better than shop bought ones.
  
  Just a few observations, you may know all this already of course and it’s entirely up to you what you want to grow.

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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• philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

  February 2023

  Teejay1951 said:

  Does it matter? Maybe some crops do better in the same place year after year. However, I'll be growing Tomatoes, peppers, chillis, carrots onions and a few plants of Basil and French marigold. Hope this helps?

  Only in that given the right conditions, Toms, Peppers, Chillies and even Basil will enjoy a similar environment. Carrots and onions will need something different.  French marigolds will grow happily more or less anywhere if you provide a reasonable soil. 
  You don't give your location ( which is an important factor ) but 1 raised bed of the dimension you mention will be pushing it a bit for all that lot. 
  
   

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• Teejay1951 Posts: 13

  February 2023

  Nollie said:

  Tomatoes, peppers and chillies all enjoy the same rich conditions, basil is a good companion to those too. I have heard that some permaculturalists grow them in the same bed year on year to no ill effect. All like a rich soil, plenty of sun, water and liquid fertiliser such as seaweed and later, when the fruit is set, tomato feed. A few of plants of each of those will occupy the whole space.
  
  Baby Spinach can be intercropped between with the rows of toms etc. where they get some shade.
  
  To maximise your produce, you can also plant an early catch crop before all of the above are ready to grow outdoors, such as radishes and brassica salad leaves (I like the cut and come again  ‘spicy mix’ with mizuna, rocket and mustard leaves).
  
  Carrots and onions won’t do well in the same rich conditions, preferring a leaner soil. Unless there are some heirloom varieties you really want to grow, I’m wondering if it’s worthwhile growing them when you have such a limited space? They are cheap enough to buy and don’t necessarily taste any better than shop bought ones.
  
  Just a few observations, you may know all this already of course and it’s entirely up to you what you want to grow.

  
  

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