Moving PSB

[isbister]

Due to the horrible weather this year our rotation plan got itself rotated up its own manure heap and now we find that next years potatoes (going in Feb to March) want the same ground as our current PSB (not cropping til April/May). Question is can we transplant the PSB? They're about waist high and quite perky. Has anybody done this? When would be the best time?

[isbister]

[Eristic]

My advice is to leave them well alone. They will transplant but the vigour and stability will be lost resulting in a poor crop.

Surely you only have one row of sprouting broccoli so it cannot have too much impact on the potatoes.

[manicscousers]

if it's anything like our psb, it's cropping now  ;D

[cornykev]

Like Eristic says leave well alone, the roots will be well established and if you move them you will most  probably not get the best out of them.  ;D ;D ;D

[isbister]

Thanks guys. I'll leave well alone then. Maybe I'll talk to them, see if they'll agree to getting a move on..

[calendula]

that's the trouble with rotation plans - they are there to be changed, mental gymnastics and all that, happens to me almost every year

you'll find a way I'm sure  ;D

[tim]

Just in case anyone should consider transplanting waist high PSB or any such thing, I would say no way, José!!

[theothermarg]

I had a overlap last year,I didn,t realize leaminton cauli harvested so late
( OK I,d forgotten that it was leaminton cauli) so I just put the potatoes around it
by the time the potatoes got big it was over . not neat and orderly I know but are allotments suppose to be
ps put these cauli,s with s greens in the next years space this year
marg