Crop Rotation Planner

Rotating crop families around your beds each year is the simplest way to keep soil-borne disease from building up. Choose your beds and crops for a four-year plan — and an honest note on what rotation does and doesn't fix.

Number of beds

A full four-family rotation works best with four or more.

Crops you grow

BasilBeetrootBroccoliBrussels SproutsCabbageCarrotsCourgettesFrench BeansGarlicKaleLeeksLettuceOnionsParsleyParsnipsPeasPotatoesSpinachTomatoes

Not shown: Blackcurrants, Chives, Mint, Raspberries, Rosemary, Strawberries — perennials that hold permanent ground and aren't rotated.

Choose your beds and tick the crops you grow above to see your rotation plan.

What rotation can and can't do.

Rotation earns its keep against soil-borne problems that linger for years — clubroot in brassicas, white rot in onions. It does far less for airborne trouble like potato and tomato blight, which arrives on the wind whatever you planted there last year. And if you grow tomatoes in a polytunnel or greenhouse, you often can't rotate at all — there, refreshing the border soil or using containers does the same job.

Next steps

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