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Crop rotation simply means not growing the same crop on the same
place each year, thus reducing disease build up.
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if cabbage, sprouts and cauliflower (all members of the brassica
family) are grown year after year in the same soil there is a
possible chance of the disease "club root" appearing. This
can reduce the size or kill the crop. |
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important reason for rotation is to make use of fertiliser left over
from the previous crop. For example, follow potatoes with peas. Peas
are greedy feeders and they will benefit from the well manured potato
soil. |
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Artichokes |
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Tomatoes |
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Sweetcorn |
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Compost area |
| 5.
Seed beds |
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Runner beans |
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Cold frames & cloches |
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Potatoes (new & main crop) |
| 9.
Root vegetables |
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Salads |
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Peas and beans |
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Rhubarb, broccoli, kale, chicory & asparagus |
| 13.
Herbs |
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| 1.
Potatoes |
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Peas, beans, leeks, lettuce. |
| 3.
Cabbage, winter greens. |
| 4.
Carrots, beetroot, turnips, parsnips. |
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Vegetables
(see left) |
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Year |
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2 |
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Year |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
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Year |
3 |
4 |
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2 |
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Year |
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Year repeat |
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Permanent
crops such as herbs, rhubarb and artichokes do not need to be
rotated and can be planted anywhere in the garden.
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all the space available by growing rows of quick maturing crops
between those which take longer to grow. Example, sow radish with
parsnips; lettuce between rows of peas; marrows between sprouts;
spring onions with lettuce and radish between rows of cabbage. |
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| Catch cropping
means growing a quick maturing crop whenever space becomes vacant.
Lettuce can be grown on the ridge of soil from a trench dug for
celery. The lettuce will mature before the soil is needed for
earthing up. |
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| Successional
cropping means providing a continuous supply of different vegetables
over a long period as possible. |
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