What goes in when broad beans come out?

[TallGirl]

What can I plant when the broad beans have finished? I'm trying to do crop rotation so guess it ought to be a legume or an 'other' - any ideas, and should I be starting it off in pots already?

[rustylady]

Broad beans are, as I understand it, a legume, so therefore should not be followed with another legume. I think you will find that although crop rotation is an excellent idea in theory it doesn't always work in practice unless you have loads of room and spare beds that you can leave fallow for a while. You always seem to have something to go in that doesn't quite fit in with the plan. Leeks should be ready to go in soon, possibly salad crops that don't take long to mature, maybe brassicas for winter cropping.

[Snadger]

What can I plant when the broad beans have finished? I'm trying to do crop rotation so guess it ought to be a legume or an 'other' - any ideas, and should I be starting it off in pots already?

Spring cabbage, PSB, Kale.................

[binley100]

I've got some BNS spare in pots which I'm going to bung in ..........

[northepaul]

I read that after beans, brassicas are a good idea, but cant remember why!

[binley100]

I read that after beans, brassicas are a good idea, but cant remember why!

Its to do with the nitrogen that bean roots fix in the soil

[Two_Sheds]

I'm putting French beans & pumpkins in after the broadies

[stupot]

Ah TS, you really love French Beans! I'm copying you this year growing lots for drying. I was going to put leeks in after my broadies, or a squash.

[TallGirl]

Same bed, forgot to say! It'll be a brassica bed next year for sure - what can I plant this year in the meantime though? What about chicory and endives?

TS - that bed is already full of loads of french beans, we love 'em too :-)