Can I grow two crops of the same type in the same soil during one year of rotation.?

Question

I grow veg organically, but have recently moved to a smaller plot. I want to maximise the crop I get from my bed system. I have read several books and cannot get a clear answer to this question:

If I grow french/runner beans in my legume bed spring/summer, can I follow these with broad beans overwinter peas? Or do I have to reserve half my legume bed for overwinter crops?

Same question for summer/winter brassicas.

Any help gratefully received.

Answer 1

Yeah, you should be able to do that. Legumes are more friendly to being planted in the same area as compared to things that require a descent amount of nitrogen such as corn, tomatos, and stuff like that. You'll definitely want to change where you plant the plants by next year. It's totally ok to do a double crop on the same ground. In warmer climates, like South America, they sometimes get in three crops in a year. Next year, you will want to plant your plants such as sweet corn or tomatos where the legumes/beans were since the nodules on the beans help put nitrogen in the soil. The only exception I have to not planting your beans back to back like that is if you see some kind of blight or something like that in your first crop of beans. This could cause your second crop to get the same blight. That's partly why it's good to move crops around.

Answer 2

I think beans will be ok,but stuff like cabbages can give you green rot if repeated over again.Also I read that strawberries will get a virus if set on land where potatoes had been previously
planted.Ideally It pays to rotate crops if possible and feed the soil with manure or fertiliser from the shop.I used growmore for early
potatoes this year and had a bumper crop and will use the rest of the soil for runner beans.

Answer 3

It is fine to do two or even 3 crops in the same place during a growing season. Here is a crop rotation schedule to help you figure out what to plant where next Spring:

http://www.gardensimply.com/comchart.shtml

Have fun :)
gg

Answer 4

With bloody idiots like your first respondent (Paul - who should know better) it's a miracle we don't all starve to death!
I think you CAN use the same earth for a double crop in a single year, but make sure you change the type the following year.

Answer 5

sure you can just remember to check the days to harvest on the labels then you can rotate any crop so long as you have that many days plus about 15 of good weather

Answer 6

......growing stuff huh......well someone has to do it, how else would I get to have my bar of chocky a day????? Do you grow any of these? do they come already wrapped? or do you have to do it?.......what about my yogurt drink? and my tin of baked beans??????

Answer 7

no reason not to