"Ed" wrote
>I have just taken over an allotment and am in the process of clearing all
>(well most?) of the nasty weeds etc by the end of the summer. I plan to
>divide the allotment into 6 parts. One part is for permanent crops like
>fruit and the remaining five would rotate in the following order:
>
> Legumes, followed by
> Brassicas, followed by
> Fallow, followed by
> Potatoes, followed by
> Onions/Roots
>
> I have read a number of articles on google and they all seem to offer
> different rotations. For example some suggest following Brassicas by
> Legumes; others suggest the reverse.
>
> Does the plan, that I outlined above , seem OK? Or is it flawed.?
>
> (The fallow bed is to allow me a chance to do deep deep cleaning of
weeds
> and will also provide a space for me to bed out some plants like
> Wallflowers that I grow from seed before I transfer then to their final
> positions in the autumn in the flower garden at home.)
>
We use a 4 year rotation ...
1. Good layer of rotted manure dug in, then Potatoes
2. Lime rotovated in, then Brassicas
3. Legumes
4. Onions etc. and roots (chicken manure pellets used)
Works for us.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
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