Sucsessional planting, what crops to follow spuds with?

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi Guys!

Just a quick question to one and all, what follow on crops to plant this season for later season / winter harvesting / overwintering do you favour planting in the beds vacated by your spuds?

We've 3 beds of spuds on plot2, all of which are 4'6" by 14'6", one bed of first earlies, one of early main and one of maincrop, and are wondering what to plant in these beds after the spuds have been harvested! I have already planned to use the one bed vacated by the first earlies for our leeks, but what about the other 2 beds? Is there a crop that we can plant later that will use the space productively after the spuds have come out, or is it best to leave those beds fallow and plant them up later with either overwintering onion sets or garlic, or overwintering broad beans such as acquadulce?

I want to make every bed as productive as possible for as much of the year as we can, and hate the thought of a bed being empty with nothing growing!

Any suggestions, hints or tips appreciated!

[TEB]

I am doing the first earlies with Leeks as well but typically my rotation is spuds followed by brassicas but I will need to compost or lime the spud bed after the leeks this year because I missed out. I would have put in cabbages and caulis otherwise.

[nick the grief]

Canabis then you can sell it all and retire

Leeks, Japanese Onions or maybe an overwintering Green manure spring to mind. Maybe some quick matureing Carrots under cloches

[Snadger]

Hi Guys!

Just a quick question to one and all, what follow on crops to plant this season for later season / winter harvesting / overwintering do you favour planting in the beds vacated by your spuds?

We've 3 beds of spuds on plot2, all of which are 4'6" by 14'6", one bed of first earlies, one of early main and one of maincrop, and are wondering what to plant in these beds after the spuds have been harvested! I have already planned to use the one bed vacated by the first earlies for our leeks, but what about the other 2 beds? Is there a crop that we can plant later that will use the space productively after the spuds have come out, or is it best to leave those beds fallow and plant them up later with either overwintering onion sets or garlic, or overwintering broad beans such as acquadulce?

I want to make every bed as productive as possible for as much of the year as we can, and hate the thought of a bed being empty with nothing growing!

Any suggestions, hints or tips appreciated!

You may be interested in this thread I started a while back Mrs D!

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...=dual+cropping

[moggssue]

Snadger, thats given me lots of ideas for my likkle plot thank you! Mrs D - how is Mr D doing? Let us know what you plant and how it goes, I shall be learnign from you (sorry! )

[Mrs Dobby]

Hi Snadger, I was looking for that thread and couldnt find it, which is why I asked the question in a new post! Ta for posting the link!

Hi moggssue! Learning from me???? Nah, learn from the other grapes, like what we are! Its our first season growing too, so although things seem to be growing ok at the moment I am waiting for the inevitable problems to occur! lol!

Just got off the phone with Mr D, he's sore and a bit spaced out, but thankfully alright, and only got back from theater about an hour ago! He's just going to get the nurses to make him a nice cuppa and see whether they can get him anything to eat, then he may well be back online on the vine from his hospital bed!! Who says we grapes arent gardening mad! lol!

[Paulottie]

[QUOTE=nick the grief;100115]Canabis then you can sell it all and retire

Either that or Her Majesty will feed you for the rest of the year.

[moggssue]

But Mrs D you sound like you know what you're talking about!! You're certainly well ahead of me! Glad to hear Mr D is doing well, keep up the improvements. And a huge thanks to allll the vines - at this rate I'll have no lawn left! The growmore was scattered last night, just in time to be washed away by the rain - hopefully some of it was washed IN - I didnt want to dig too much cos my babies are so likkle!