Guide
Two crops need moving, and rotation is mostly about those
Four-bed rotation diagrams put people off entirely. In a small garden, moving potatoes and brassicas each year achieves nearly all of the benefit.
Why it matters
Soil-borne problems build up under the same crop. Clubroot in brassicas and eelworm in potatoes are the two that genuinely persist.
The simple version
Three areas, and potatoes and brassicas never in the same one two years running. Everything else can go wherever there is room.
When to ignore it
Perennials, and any bed where you have never grown either. Rotating a bed that has only ever had beans in it achieves nothing.
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