Crop rotation

[timmyalex]

I think i might have messed up here.

I have a 40+ ft raised bed (thumbnail attached) which is planted as follows:

8ft Asparagus bed
6ft Brussel sprouts
6ft Calabrese
6ft Sweet Corn
14ft Main crop potatoes

There is some limited spacing between the crops but my question is next year can I simply reverse the planting next year ie spuds into brassica spaces or just because lets say spuds for example have been grown in the raised bed then i should not plant any spuds in the same bed again the following year.

Obviously the Asparagus bed is staying.!!

Any advice very much appreciated.

[Capsid]

If you have limed your soil for the brassicas to prevent club root then following with spuds is not recommended as alkaline soils can promote scab. However, this is only a skin blemish so it's not a big deal IMO.

It looks like you have no choice in reality though if you are going to grow the same again next year. Did you lime?

[timmyalex]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for that. No i did not lime the ground. It is virgin ground with this the first year for veg. Not fussed about exactly the same crops apart from Sweet corn which i adore and am growing for the first time. I read on tinterweb that freshly cooked sweetcorn bears no resemblence to the stuff sold in the supermarkets.
So are you saying as long as i didn't lime i could be OK in a reversal of this years plantings.?

[gojiberry]

The main point of crop rotation is not to plant the same family in the same place next year. Are you going to plant anything when the spuds are finished. If not then I would suggest an overwinter green manure.

Ian

[Capsid]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for that. No i did not lime the ground. It is virgin ground with this the first year for veg. Not fussed about exactly the same crops apart from Sweet corn which i adore and am growing for the first time. I read on tinterweb that freshly cooked sweetcorn bears no resemblence to the stuff sold in the supermarkets.
So are you saying as long as i didn't lime i could be OK in a reversal of this years plantings.?

Yes, that would be fine.