Planning crop rotation- what goes where

[Eoghan]

The grapevine is a fixture as are the dark green raspberry canes which cropped into November last year!

My question is the placing of the other crops. I have
peppers
sweetcorn
garden peas
cucumbers
butternut squash
piccolo tomatoes
chives
lettuce
coriander

Assuming I can upload my layout graphic what would you suggest goes where?

I should add that I have a small flock of chickens that roam the back garden where the tunnel is located.

[burnie]

When you can upload your image give us another shout, for rotation to work, we need to know what was planted where last year too.

[Eoghan]

Last years crop was nettles and weeds!

[Eoghan]

The picture was within size (pixels) but uploading it from a different browser gave this information which I then used to make it even smaller??
Anyway planning to turn over the paving today and kill every slug I find!

[burnie]

I tend to group my crops into 3, Roots, Brassicas and others, manure the brassicas and others and compost for the roots and rotate annually, works for me.

[Eoghan]

What would you recommend for the shady side with the vine?

Temperature control is going to be a problem if I cant open the doors AND keep the chickens out! Siggestions welcome

[Jungle Jane]

I’d put the lettuce in the shady area. Tomatoes peppers & sweetcorn need the sunniest area,squash can grow between corn,it can trail along the ground. Peas & beans are good next to corn. If you’ve got space between tomato plants a few lettuce seeds will fit in. Where are you planting the cucumber,is it marketmore or a female only type,if it’s marketmore it could go outside if you want. That’s a big polytunnel,sweetcorn will need a little shake to help with pollination,the wind usually helps.

[Mark_Riga]

What would you recommend for the shady side with the vine?

Temperature control is going to be a problem if I cant open the doors AND keep the chickens out! Siggestions welcome

I keep blackbirds out when fruit is ripening with a length of netting that I tuck into the top and drape down. for hens, you may need to have pegs at the bottom to stop them pushing through.

[Vince G]

Here's my rotation plan:
Plot 1 Potatoes
Plot 2 Roots (carrots, parsnips, celery, sweet potatoes, fennel, salsify, chicory etc.)
Plot 3 Alliums
Plot 4 Squash, courgettes, sweetcorn
Plot 5 Brassicas
Plot 6 Peas and Beans

Every year, whatever is in plot 6 goes to the top of the ladder everyone else drops down a step.

I have a permanent bean trench for climbing beans, and other beds for salads and perennials so these are not involved in the rotation

[Eoghan]

Peas will need to go in this week they are really tall and starting to fall over. Kept some branches I was prunning as support - just as well really because cant get rid of garden waste under lockdown! Will put then on the sunny side. Sweetcorn were difficult to find so they are a week or two behind will plan to put them on the sunny side up at the drier end of the tunnel, so I guess that is where the peas go too.
Thanks to everyone making suggestions - very helpful

[ameno]

Personally, I would recommend growing peas or lettuce in a polytunnel. Neither like excessive heat, and I suspect a polytunnel would be too warm for them to do their best. They are better grown outside.
It might be worth doing a late crop of those two in the polytunnel, though, sown in August.