Scottish growing tool

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.

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

Crops you grow

Not shown: Angelica, Apples, Asparagus, Bay, Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Blueberries, Cherries, Chives, Comfrey, Damsons, Globe Artichoke, Gooseberries, Grapes, Honeyberries, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Loganberries, Lovage, Mint, Oregano, Pears, Plums, Quince, Raspberries, Redcurrants and Whitecurrants, Rhubarb, Rosemary, Sage, Sea Kale, Sorrel, Strawberries, Sweet Cicely, Tarragon, Tayberries, Thyme, Winter Savory, perennials that hold permanent ground and aren't rotated.

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

Next steps

Related toolHow many fit each bed? → Seed Spacing VisualiserNow you know what goes where, work out how many plants each bed holds.ScotlandScottish soil types → Soil guideRotation is one half of soil health; what you feed it is the other.
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