Does anyone know where I can locate on the internet crop rotation, what to plant and when due to seasons. I am new to this. Have noticed potatoes sprouting leaves, very exciting in our house. Thanks
I'm writing from New Zealand - having just encountered yr mag for the 1st time via a visitor from the UK. I, too, like to plant my crop rotation using colour-coded tables and charts. It makes it fun (nerdy, huh?). We don't have allotments where I live and my vege garden is relatively small, but any rotation plan is better than none, even for small gardens. I work in a garden centre & have seen the results of disease & pest build-up in several customers' gardens - some very serious. Prevention via rotation is the best approach by far.
I have done a crop rotation on my allotment.the girls on their allotment have not done any rotation at all. i am getting a good crop from doing this. they are not. i am trying to tell them how important this is to do a rotation. and put goodness into your soil. and get a good crop from your allotment.but they just say we will do it next year.but will they?.
Andrew: To add beneficial nitrogen to the soil instead of planting legumes, you could try sowing a green manure in the autumn or spring and then digging in before flowering. You could choose to green manure one or two of your 9 beds as part of your crop rotation.
Hello Jane,I find it quite difficult to set up a crop rotation. It's the first year on my allotment. It has 3 sections. So I thinks in one I must put the potatoes, the second I set others and in the last there comes the brassicas (last year there were the potatoes. But... I heard that you can grow on the same sections as the potatoes the onions and the carrots. Can you confirm that? If not, what can I grow on the section of potatoes when they are harvest.
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Thanks in advance for your answer.