Succession vs Rotation

[hdan]

Not really sure how to word this.
Just wondering if it's possible to rotate plant family crops from one bed to another each year, while succession planting same crops in each bed year after year.
Confusion?
Im thinking it's ok.

 

[digitS']

Do you mean something like having multiple crops of peas and beans sown and harvested in a one bed in a single year and then, rotating those legumes to a different bed in the year following? A crop like brassicas could follow those.

My garden is not in an area with a long growing season but I use succession planting. Peas for the Fall will follow green beans planted early. A late sowing of beans are usually following an early crop of pak choi. A late crop of pak choi will follow peas (& early potatoes). Those are something of a standard schedule for me.

Bean plants can be left for a 2nd crop but that often doesn't work well here with bush beans. They become a little beat up by the end of their harvest season and mildew can set in. The risk of that means that pulling the plants and a new sowing is better insurance. Of course, if mildew is already there by the time the pods can be harvested, I might be reluctant to plant peas, since they also can also have mildew problems.

Rotation in my garden mostly just amounts to not planting the same crop where it had been growing the previous season. Improvement of soil fertility cannot be counted on if crops are harvested and carried off. I try to anticipate the needs of an individual crop and fertilize with that in mind. Hopefully, some of the nutrients carry through for another season or, at least, don't fall short during the current one for the crop planted.

Steve