newbiee Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 where do you put your tomatoes in your crop rotation scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 My farmer friend and neighbour uses the same spot year after year and uses only those plants that come up in the plot from discarded tomatoes from the previous year. Not sure of the logic but his plants unlike mine have not suffered from blight or any rust and he has always had good crops, maybe its just like letting nature take it's cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I always 'pot' mine - did in the UK, do over here.I use 6 knackered plastic pots (10") with fresh compost and a bit of grit and I find that gives me all the fruit I need + can keep them moist enough. Partial sun / shade spot.p.s. Just re-read this - it isn't essential for the pots to be knackered !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonrouge Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Isn't that strange its exactly what our neighbour does. Not for him Gamme Vert or any other garden centres he simply pots on the seedlings from last years crop until they are large enough and then pops them back in to the same spot! He does not water the plants direct (he has a sort of hollow tube that both supports the plants and down which he pours the water) and which he says protects against blight. His crops are huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiee Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 I remembered ... they are part of the potato cycle ... so rotations, tomatoes, augergines are planted in the same slot of the rotation cycle.Tomatoes shouldn't be grown in the same spot for more than three years at the most .... makes 'em more suseptible to blight as well as taking too much of the same nutrient out of the soil for year after year. Though I've know some plant them in the same place for years, I've also seen their crop diminish. so, if one has the space, one should rotate as much as poss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 "Tomatoes shouldn't be grown in the same spot for more than three years at the most"...... Before I would have agreed with you about the rotation and maybe its important with some crops and in colder climates and if you use potted on plants,. My neighbour tells me that the plants that come from the ground year on year are more and more resistant to blight and disease. Works for him and his brothers, so I'm giving it a go. Only problem will be sorting out the cherries from the large ones for pricking out side shoots or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb47 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/growing-techniques/Hello all. The above link (4 year crop rotation plan) contains some info I posted on the 'Growing Fruit & Veg'' Forum a few years ago. They converted a table layout to a text one, so it is set out very badly, but the info is all there I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Goodness, there are several of us in this Forum who are regulars on the Grapevine also.Small world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 ....and not too far from each other!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarey c Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Goodness, there are several of us in this Forum who are regulars on the Grapevine also.Small world [/quote]Funny, I was just going to say the same thing Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb47 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yes that's true Clary. It is an excellent website - answers all your gardening questions.No good, I had to put the t back in 'rotation'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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