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Standard Crop Rotation System For An Allotment
GARDENACTION ALLOTMENT
Standard Crop Rotation System For An Allotment
This is a four year rotation plan with an extra large area for potatoes. The plan divides the allotment into five parts.
One part (in the middle) is for permanent plants such as fruit, herbs and flowing plants. The remainder is divided into four roughly equal parts for the plants to be rotated. Start in year one and then move on to to subsequent years.
YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR THREE YEAR FOUR
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, 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, Jerusalem 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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