What to plant after garlic?

[alanbalan]

I'm thinking ahead to what to put in place of my garlic which will be coming out next month. Almost half my bed is garlic and it is part of a 4 year rotation with legumes following next year. I feel i should make better use of the second half of this year in that bed rather than just leave it to rest. The other half is onions, leeks and spring onions.

What does everyone else do?

Thanks

[pdblake]

Personally I don't go all that strict on crop rotation. I just make sure that don't plant something from the same rotation group as what I've just taken out.

[zazen999]

I've put or am putting in beetroot, courgettes, a winter squash or 2 and some brassicas.

[Snadger]

Time for my favourite word again,,,,,DISSIMILAR follow on crop is what you need!

I already have some of my dissimilar crops planted among my garlic. Swedes,Chrysanthemums, Feverfew and one Toscana De Nero are already there. (plus a leftover tattie that I missed from last year!)
Courgettes, or any member of the cucurbit family could be planted NOW and lifting the garlic when it's ready won't impact on them.
I dotted sweet corn in among my garlic last year!

[zazen999]

In the main garden, I have about 100 garlics....and will pop tomatoes in there inbetween and just be very careful when lifting the garlics out later in the summer.

[taff]

I was just going to ask if it was ok to put tomatoes in there...now I know...

[Alice]

Hello and welcome Alan
When your garlic comes out you could plant kale, spinach, pak choi, 60 day Raab (brocolli) lettuce.

Don't know where you are in the country (you can go into personal profile and show us) but you might have time for a crop of peas or beans if you had them started and ready to go.

Good luck.

[africanrain]

I LOVE this site! You answer all my questions, even when I don't ask them!

[africanrain]

But now, come to think of it, there is something ? I need to ask... What about Salsify, can that follow Garlic?

[binley100]

don't see why not it's not part of the allium family..