4-Year Garden Crop Rotation Plan [Part 2]

This week's video is part 2 in our Garden Crop Rotation series. This gardening video will teach you a simple crop rotation plan that will move your crops through all the beds of your garden in 4 years. It can be expanded even more to go out to an 8-year plan as well.
Rotating where you plant your crops in your backyard garden is an important part of your overall garden management plan. Rotating crops helps prevent disease problems, pest problems, and nutrient deficiency.
You can adapt my 4-year crop rotation plan to fit the needs of your garden. If you have long beds like mine you can improve the plan even more by "rotating" the vegetables around within the bed as well. This can mean that it can be as many as 6 years before you plant a vegetable in the same spot in your garden.
Apply these ideas to smaller gardens as well.
If you would like to learn more about why crop rotation is so important check out last weeks video here:
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[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Here's part 2 in our crop rotation series. Learn my 4-year crop rotation plan for your garden! Enjoy!

[@pleezerone8961]

ourstoneyacres I just got you recommended on my TH-cam and I like your channel

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

Thanks!

[@wpk286]

Good video. I have two 12"x3' raised beds and one 8'x8' bed. The 8' bed is next to the back of our house and gets sun all day. The other two get 6 hrs of sun. I try to rotate everything especially my tomatoes (6 plants) but have found that my garlic does much better in the 8' bed so I'm reluctant to move it too far. I usually grow tomatoes, garlic, lettuce, arugula,, bush beans, zucchini, pickling cukes, The last couple of years, I've been doing some containers for veggies that I want to try out and for my herbs such as basil and parsley.. My question is are veggies that I should make sure that I rotate on a specific schedule

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

This article should help you know how to group and rotate your crops based on families.
ourstoneyacres.com/vegetable-crop-families

[@wpk286]

Thanks, Rick. This is exactly what I've been looking for.

[@paintingsman5809]

Hey Rick, love the stuff you do lad! I've got some potatoes in containers and they are almost ready for harvesting. The leaves are at the beginning of turning yellow and starting to wilt. I've been getting mixed answers from Google regarding how much to water them at this stage. Since the spuds are formed already in the soil, it doesn't make sense to me to still water until it comes out of the bottom of the container. I'd image the tubers sitting in wet sand might make them rot? How do I go about this? Cheers, keep up the great content!

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

I keep watering mine until at least 50% of the leaves have died back, if the leaves are still green then those potatoes can continue to size up. You really only stop watering a week or so before you harvest.

[@paintingsman5809]

@@StoneyAcresGardening Thanks a mill Rick! Most of these TH-cam guys don't even bother replying back, EVER! Much obliged, and appreciate the time you took. Cheers

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

@@paintingsman5809 thanks! I try, it is getting harder and harder to do the more followers I get. But my whole point is to help people so I will keep trying to respond. Thanks is for watching!

[@patricianorman6664]

Rick, I have a 4x4 elevated garden. I plant tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, onions lettuce, basil, parsley, oregano, and marigolds. How would I do crop rotation and is this too much for my space?

[@StoneyAcresGardening]

I would have to see how the bed looks to tell you if there was too much in it. But if it is being productive then you should be okay.
Really small gardens like yours are where the idea of crop rotation breaks down. Everything is so close together that any rotation really isn't going to do you much good. If you ever choose to add a second bed then I would say alternate what you plant in each bed every year. But with just one bed, rotation really isn't going to do you much good.