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Rules for Crop Rotation Never follow this year’s crop with another member of the same family Arrange your plan so that heavy feeders always follow legumes, which enrich the soil Potatoes yield best after sweet corn Grain crops do best after legumes Root crops (radishes, carrots, beets) often take a lot out of the soil, so put them before legumes Having brassicas follow onions is beneficial Tomatoes do not like to rotate Squashes and cucumbers are beneficial to most crops
| Twelve Year Rotation Plan Each year the plant families are rotated from one bed to the next. Each family is rotated according to the guildelines listed on the right. I am following this plan with my allotment, as closely as I can. I say closely because I am not growing representatives of all of the plant families, see here for the detail of what is being grown or see here for the rotation plan for this year Rotating Beds | Non-Rotating Beds | Alliaceae | Asteraceae | Papilionaceae | Apiaceae | Curcurbitaceae | Solanaceae | Poaceae | Papilionaceae | Poaceae | Papilionacea | Brassicaceae | Solanaceae |
| Berries | Asparagus | Tomatoes | Jerusalem artichokes |
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| Plant Families Family Name | Plants | | Onions, leeks, garlic, shallot | Apiaceae - Umbellifer | Carrots, parsnips, celery, parsley | Asteraceae | Lettuce, artichokes, endive, chicory, sunflowers | Brassicaceae | Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, radishes, cabbages, kohlrabi, Swedes, turnips, cauliflowers, calabrese, mustard, rocket, swede | Chenopodiaceae | Beets, spinach, swiss chard | Cucurbitaceae | Winter / summer squash, melons, watermelons, cucumber, | Papilionaceae | Peas, Beans, | Poaceae | Wheat, Sweetcorn, rye | Polygonaceae | buckwheat | Solanaceae | Potatoes, Peppers, aubergines, tomato |
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