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Crop rotation
Denno666
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in Fruit & veg
I seem to have got myself in a bit of a pickle regarding crop rotation and have got a few Qs for you good folk! Firstly, where do onions/garlic fit into the plan? I watched Monty's advice but the alliums weren't mentioned; I've been told by one person group them with legumes, another said with root veg. Also, we only have 2 raised beds - is it ok to plant 2 diff groups in 2 halves of the same bed (guessing not, but thought I'd check 
)? Also, if I have added leaf mould at the end of last year, would that make the soil too rich for root crops?
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Don't see why you can't plant two different groups in one bed just mark a line were the divide is.
I'm happy to be wrong but you can plant alliums in either group but once you start either a 3yr or 4yr plan you need to follow them on with the next group in that rotation plan.
There's a good explanation on the RHS website which on their 3yr plan puts legumes, alliums and roots in the same group and on the 4 year plan alliums are with roots and legumes have their own group.
Hope that helps...
Thanks for the advice, that does help to clear a few things up!