Hi guys
I was wondering what I could plant in place of the potatoes once they are lifted?
Onions and Legumes normally follow my Pots for crop rotation.
I don't want to waste a whole plot....
Cheers guys
Paul
Leeks. ;D
leeks
Leeks!
(Any more suggestions?)
A B or C take your pick. ;D
I think I might go for leeks myself....
Can u leeka be sown direct?
whaddaya mean you don't like leeks?! ;D
We're also doing some squash and courgettes after some of the potatoes this year, but, yes, leeks too ;D
Hahah could it be Leeks then?
Can Leeks still be sown?
Thanks Guys
to be contrary i say since the ground is now loose since you dug the potatoes
I go with carrots and other summer root crops like mooli
I think it's probably too late to sow seeds now, but i'm happy to hear a second opinion. Maybe you can buy trays of plants. And for future reference, although they say you can sow seeds direct, it's actually a disaster doing that, as are spring onions btw.
There's lots to sow though - all the salads, carrots, beetroot, winter radish, moolii, fennel, courgettes, chicory and endive (if you can tell the difference :D ), dwarf french beans, and at the end of the summer, normal radishes and the chinese leaves like pak choi
I have all sort queuing up for the space. Beans, brassicas, beetroot, carrots, salads.
Winter cauli's
What about a green manure?
what about a row of Outdoor Tomatoe plants its the same season for both Pots and Toms so it should be Ok ?
Thanks for all your suggestions!!
I will have a chat with the boss and then she'll decide ;D
I don't think it will be Tomatoes as we are a blight hotspot and I have 22 plants in the polytunnel.
Thanks guys
Paul
Butternut Squash
My first earlies are being lifted and replaced with kale and brussel sprouts. My leeks didn't work this year and I have not found any plants so I might end up doing without I think. Probably get some pak choi in there later on and autumn corn salad (lambs lettuce).
We are thinking of putting in some more butternut squash....
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Quote from: smudger28 on June 14, 2011, 20:29:33
We are thinking of putting in some more butternut squash....
Thanks for all the suggestions!
We have done that just last week
As my brasica follow on from my potatoes i put in what is not going to have to be taken out when my next crop is ready to go in.
First in will be my leeks and Tarvoy cabages these will see me through to March/April. Then the next to go in the back end of August will be my spring cabbage Spring Hero followed by a second planting about a month later these will see me through till the first of my summer cabbages are ready. I will also be putting in some Jap Onions.
I agree with the leeks and Autumn onions... potatoes take to much to be followed by brassicas in my opinion. Green manures like Winter Tares or Phacalia. :)
Quote from: saddad on June 14, 2011, 22:17:00
I agree with the leeks and Autumn onions... potatoes take to much to be followed by brassicas in my opinion. Green manures like Winter Tares or Phacalia. :)
A lot of manure goes on top of them there potatoes but i dont believe you get good results from just manure so fertalizer went in and on top of the rows, not all of it will have leeched out.
When i put my cabbages in i put a ring of growmore and a small amount of calcified plus arround each plant up untill now i have had mighty fine results
Below was the last of my spring cabbage the last one being pulled last week
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/stumpinsci/Picture290.jpg)