In article , Martin Sykes
writes
I initially made four veg beds, intending to rotate three and use the fourth
for permanent crops. However, two of the beds get sun only half of the day
and one of the sunny ones is now planted permanently with herbs as my
original herb patch was too shady.

So, with only two beds, one sunny and one only half-so, how can I best
rotate my veg to minimise pests? The beds are 6ftx4ft.

The veg I'm growing outside is: Lettuce, spring onions, peas, leeks, garlic,
carrots, beetroot, radish, parsnip. No brassicas, which may help?

Treat the alliums, i.e. the spring onions, leeks and garlic as one crop
in your rotations, the carrot, beetroot and lettuce as another, and a
mixed bed of the rest. With only two beds cropping, it would be best to
avoid any over-wintering crops so that the soil can get a rest.

Crop rotations are an essential feature of regular vegetable growing for
the purpose of maintaining soil and plant health, but they are not
specifically aimed at pest control.

HDRA factsheet no. GG19 has some very good information on plant families
and rotational cropping. It also gives some sample rotations.

HDRA: www.hdra..org.uk
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.