An example of close succession plantings on one bed, through one year and filmed in October.
I maintain fertility with one application of compost every December, nothing else. Already by mid-October, this bed of 1.5 x 5m (5x16ft) has given 82kg / 180lb harvests this year.
Healthy no dig soil helps you to succeed with new plantings all through the summer and into autumn. Every space is growing new leaves and food all the time. For example, the leeks you see here followed an early summer harvest of 13kg potatoes.
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Why no dig enables close planting of vegetables, and succession planting
01:50 Watering
02:19 I explain how I’ve set up the beds, and then talk you through each planting with dates
02:26 Parsnip, celery, endive, rocket, 3 rows of lettuce
03:00 I harvest a celery
03:49 I harvest parsnips, and explain reason for the slightly disappointing result
04:37 I harvest an endive, Scarole…
05:29 …which followed beetroot, carrots and fennel
05:39 Reason for no rotation
05:49 Salad rocket, and how to harvest for continuing rapid growth
06:18 Chervil
06:34 Kale, interplanted between multisown onions, and how to harvest
07:46 Peas
07:55 Growing options for autumn
08:00 I harvest a chicory, 506TT
09:30 I harvest a bulb fennel, interplanted between cucumbers
11:30 I harvest a carrot from a speculative sowing!
12:02 Amos, Indian mustard, and more examples of plants that grow better in autumn than spring
12:46 Celeriac, interplanted between potatoes and spinach, and the results of growing celeriac in no dig soil
13:48 Multisown leeks planted after potatoes, and how to harvest
14:24 Something to bear in mind when succession planting
14:36 Conclusion – I explain that soil does not need to rest, and why
For more on succession planting, see this £5 'taster' module of my online course, Skills for Growing: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/skills-for-growing-online-course-introduction-and-module-1-skills-and-knowledge-for-a-full-garden-all-year/
And this playlist, Succession Planting and Rotation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7WDfop74y-nUWZ86xfJcnApH8YwR-oD9
Filmed at Homeacres 17th October by Alessandro Vitale @SpicyMoustache
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