Forum home› Fruit & veg

Crop rotation

Rhubarb FairyRhubarb Fairy Posts: 10
in Fruit & veg

How on earth do you go about crop rotation if you've  taken on an allotment but have no idea what the person before you had been growing?  Most articles on the subject assume prior knowledge and meticulously kept records.   "Don't grow the same crop in the same place as the previous year." 

What if you haven't a clue what had been grown there the previous year?  Is it really that vital? ????????????

Posts

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,100

    It's not a matter of life or death ... if you don't know and there are no clues then just start from scratch ... it'll be fine ... image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Rhubarb FairyRhubarb Fairy Posts: 10

    Cheers. I suppose soil testing would be the sensible way to start.......?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,934

    If you pop your postcode in to this site - it'll tell you what your soil (generally) is like-

    http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/

    If you're going to grow carrots, don't manure the bed before sowing or they'll fork

    I've been gardening for 50+ years and never tested my soil

    Good luck with your new venture!


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,100

    If the soil is on the acid side and needs liming for brassicas then I'm sure the other allotmenteers will tell you if you  ask them ... otherwise I'd just get on with it and not worry. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





Sign In or Register to comment.