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Successive crops?

cfaevecfaeve Posts: 14
in Fruit & veg
It's my first time growing vegetables this year and I am really liking it, and everything is going fine so far. Next year I wish to get some raised beds as well as continuing with containers. I read that somebody puts 1st early potatoes in their raised bed, then when they are harvested around June/July they already have Leek seedlings ready to replace the potatoes and is constantly planning and making use of all the available space. Does anybody else have some tips like this please? Which crops can take over other crops once they are harvested? I think potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic and leeks are a must, if possible it would be nice to fit in some Broccoli, courgettes, radish, and I have an open mind to anything else that would make use of the land all year round. Any tips are appreciated :smile:  
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  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    edited May 2023
    the succession crop depends on when bed becomes 
    open. 
    beans follow peas
    tomatoes follow lettuce
    the question you need ask is how much
    the time you have left in season that has huge impact on what you
    can plant next. 

  • cfaevecfaeve Posts: 14
    That's what I'm trying to figure out. What can I replace main crop potatoes with? What can I replace carrots and onions with etc...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Welcome @cfaeve, here is a useful link to crop rotation to begin with, which should give you some ideas.
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/crop-rotation
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664

    floralies crop rotation and succession cropping not same thing.
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    you need to join archive.org to read 
    the article on succession cropping should helpful 
    in organic gardening magazine dec 1996 p 34-38

    https://archive.org/details/sim_organic-gardening_1996-12_43_9/page/34/mode/1up?view=theater
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Plenty of knowledgeable veg growers on the forum @cfaeve :)

    I'll tag @Allotment Boy and he should be able to help with some suitable advice, and others may see the thread too.
    If you can give more info about where you live, your general climate etc, that will always help with advice, as that can make a huge difference.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    @war garden 572 I don't NEED to join anything thank you very much.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    war garden 572 said:

    floralies crop rotation and succession cropping not same thing.
    You can’t do the second one successfully without understanding  the first. 😊 

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





  • cfaevecfaeve Posts: 14
    Thanks @war garden 572 that's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for, but unfortunately I am in zone 8 I believe, in northern England (Manchester) @Fairygirl It's often wet, windy and unpredictable. The met office said this morning it's 50% chance of rain at 11am, now they've issued a weather warning for severe thunderstorms throughout the day :) 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Unpredictable is the order of the day in many areas @cfaeve, but that won't matter if the timing is right for what you want to grow.  :)

    I can't offer much help in that regard, as I only grow lettuce and tomatoes, and occasionally carrots and mange tout, and all in containers, and in the case of the toms -under cover. Too many slugs, so lettuce doesn't work in the ground very well [although wild rocket is fine, and slug repellent ] but it's fairly easy and it doesn't require lots of sun as that encourages bolting anyway. 
    Carrots are done in pots, when I do them, which helps avoid the carrot fly problem. I'd need to turn over the entire garden to carrots if I wanted to be self sufficient in those, so I only grow them now and again! Mange tout in pots because there isn't room to do them in the ground, and the slugs are easier to keep at bay in pots.  :)

    In raised beds, it would be easier to arrange veg, but my raised beds are mainly ornamental.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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