Successional Planting

[Artisan]

Being new to vegetable growing can anyone give links to any sites that have a simple list of successional planting vegetables so I can make best use of my small vegetable plot over the season?

Greg

[mic]

you want links to other sites for advice on planting veg?

[veggiechicken]

Have a browse through Archived Growing Techniques
This is the part pf the forum where useful information is stored and no comments can be made there. There are a few threads about sowing colendars .

[Thelma Sanders]

There are a few threads about sowing colendars .

Err, they're bit useless for sowing in, though?

Or is that simply to sieve out all the days when you don't like the look of the weather

[veggiechicken]

Trust you to spot my deliberate error
I thought I'd put calendulars

[Dynamite]

I posted something similar.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_93588.html

Regards......Rob

[wargarden2017]

here are few links
https://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/Profile?PID=730
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ger_29101.html

but to succession planting you need provide a lot info that you have included so others can help you.
the following info is need if you want real useful help on succession planting.
season length, general location, frost dates type veg you intend on planting
As for online links except two I listed above. Most of sites an online search found are succession planting charts for USA. Which would not be helpful to you.

[Artisan]

Successional Planting

Thank you for all your replies. Honestly I don't know why it has to be so difficult. Perhaps I should have not mentioned links but asked if anyone could give me simple ideas of what vegetables can be planted after another has been harvested. I do know that certain vegetables should not be planted after others as the plant will not do so well in the soil that has been used by the previous vegetable.

I retired and closed my business the middle of last year and decided to return to gardening, purely as a hobby, doing a lot more than I had down in the past. When I fully retired I was 67 and prior to that I was a firefighter who retired at 50 after 20 years’ service. Having followed “the rules” all my working life I decided it was “Chill time” so please can someone tell me why I have to be so precise (annual) about asking for some help.

The only reason I asked for links was because some weeks ago I found a list that showed what and what not to plant in succession through the season in a graphic form (chart). Unfortunately I did not bookmark the site and since then I have not been able to find it. Yes I have found sites, some mentioned in your replies, giving information on succession sowing/planting but did not find them all that helpful.

Anyway, thanks again for your replies. As I don’t intend to stress about the successional planting I will just plant up some vegetables that logic tells me would be suitable to follow what has just been harvested.

Greg

[veggiechicken]

Hi Greg, there is no hard and fast way to garden and we all work differently here - I'm one of the worst for that!

Just a few simple "rules" to remember as you garden:-
Only grow what you like to eat. Just because its easy, doesn't mean it tastes good!
Don't grow the same crop in the same ground for 2 years running - move them around.
Sow little and often - to keep crops coming.
Don't grow too much of anything.
Don't let it become a chore.
Accept that some veg won't look as perfect as they sell in a supermarket.

Above all, Enjoy it and relax. That's what retirement is all about. Take time to smell the flowers, listen to the birds and watch the bees Guess what I've been doing this morning

[Snoop Puss]

Greg, are you talking about a rotation plan? As in which family of plants should follow which? I ask because I tend to think of successional as growing another batch of something to extend my harvest (as in sowing two batches of sweetcorn a couple of weeks or so apart rather than all at once).

By the way, don't take what passes for wit round here as criticism! It's meant as friendly joshing, honest.

[Artisan]

Successional Planting

Hello,

Thank you for your supportive replies. The only reason I wrote my reply was because I felt that one particular forum member was making it more difficult than it needed to be by saying that I hadn’t given enough information in my original question. I might be completing wrong, and for that I apologize, but I just felt that there was a little abrasiveness in their reply to me.

I have, over the years, only really maintained the gardens where I have lived so given the time to do a lot more in the garden in my retirement years was an opportunity to stay young and use the old grey matter. What I did not realise was that I had forgotten how much I had forgotten or never knew in the first place!

I am loving the challenge of vegetable and flower gardening but I do not want to be annual about it. In my retirement I want a long and active life. Having worked in the Fire Service for 20 years I have seen how short life can be.

Thank you again.

Greg

[veggiechicken]

We get all sorts on here, Greg - and I mean that in the widest and kindest possible way. Different methods, viewpoints, language and levels of experience. Often we talk at cross purposes - it can be quite entertaining sometimes. In general though, we all have a love of gardening and want to share our passion.
Don't be afraid to ask questions, never mind how daft they may seem. Most of them will have been asked before - and received lots of answers, usually conflicting!
Good to have you here with us

[Artisan]

Thank you for your reply and your kind words. I look forward to asking more questions on the forum when I need some help and advice. The one thing I really like is getting up in the morning and walking around my garden to see what has changed from the day before and looking at my vegetables and thinking 'it won't be long before I am eating healthly again'.

[veggiechicken]

I enjoy a morning mooch around the garden too It sets you up for the day!

[Dynamite]

I usually say to my wife Michelle after we have had our evening meal...."fancy a walk down the garden".

Helps me de-stress from work and to be fair we usually end up nipping something out or sweeping something up for 5 or 10 mins as we check how things are coming on.

Rob