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Standard Crop Rotation System For An Allotment

This is an eight year rotation plan with an extra large area for potatoes. It also includes an unused area.

The plan divides the allotment into six parts. One part is for permanent plants and the five other parts are for the plants to be rotated.

Start in year one and then move on to to subsequent years. At the end of year eight start again at year one. The soil should be prepared as described for each part of the plot.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

A
potatoes

None

A
potatoes

A
others

None

A
potatoes

A
others

A
potatoes

A
others

None

Fixed

A

potatoes

None

A
potatoes

A
others

None

A
potatoes

A
others

A
potatoes

A
others

None

Each year, treat each of the plots A, B and C as described below.

PLOT A POTATOES	PLOT A OTHER	PLOT B	PLOT C
Cultivate Double dig adding manure or well-rotted compost. Add two good handfuls of blood, fish and bone meal per sq. metre (yard). Crops Potatoes	Cultivate Double dig adding manure. Add one good handful of blood, fish and bone meal per sq. metre (yard). Crops Aubergines, beetroot, carrots, courgettes, celeriac, celery, cucumber, garlic, leek, onion, marrow, onions, parsnips, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes	Cultivate Single dig. Add two good handfuls of blood, fish and bone meal per sq. metre (yard). Crops Broad beans, cress, French beans, globe artichokes, lettuce, Lima beans, okra, peas, soya beans, runner beans, spinach, sweetcorn, Swiss chard	Cultivate As plot B. In addition bring the pH level up to 6.5 - 7.0. Crops Brussels sprouts, cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, calabrese, kale, kohl-rabi, radishes, swedes, turnips

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Name: ted powell
E-mail: tedpowell@talktalk.net
Date posted: October 03, 2010 - 02:43 pm
Message: being new to keeping an allotment i have followed good advice from several sources including several of the adjacent allotment sages. wanting to do the right thing i prepared a nettle steep to give my crops an organic boost. wanting to give my crops a massive boost, and to show the sages how to grow crops by the new pensioner in town, i poured the resultant liquid on my crops without dilution. the result was to kill off two rows of celery that were the envy of every one up to that point and several rows of peas, runner beans, fine beans etc etc.