Berlin Crop Rotation Schedule

Used in

• Chapter 5 Making Ground
• Chapter 6 The Five-Year Conversation

The rows that check it

• 16 confirmed
• 1 amended
• 1 unresolved
• 0 marked for safety

• G17 confirmed Groundwater recharge has fallen by up to 40 % since 1980
• G20 confirmed VDLUFA humus ledger: cabbage and vegetables −1,000, potatoes and roots −760, winter rye −280, grain legumes +160, clover-grass and vetch +600 to +1,400 kg humus-C/ha/yr; one Humus …
• G21 confirmed Thünen study: organic rotations up to 39 % clover-grass and legumes against 11 % conventional, reaching similar humus levels
• G37 confirmed Blue lupin fixes 150 to 180 kg N/ha, about 80 % Ndfa, peak about 110 days after sowing, taproot 2.5 to 3 m, 70 to 100 plants/m², acid sand pH 5.0 to 6.8; white and yellow lupins …
• G38 confirmed Winter rye plus hairy vetch sown by mid-September; winter cover cuts N leaching 39 to 54 %; crimp at rye anthesis and vetch full bloom in late May, before 50 % anthesis it …
• G39 confirmed No mustard or oilseed radish before brassicas; clubroot spores 10 to 20 years; 4 to 6 years between brassicas, 3 between potatoes
• F13 confirmed Five-year rotation lupin→cabbage→carrot→potato→rye with the stated cover crops and dates
• F14 confirmed Lupin 150–180 kg N/ha, peak ~110 days, 80 % Ndfa; root 2.5–3 m; protein 21–27 %; harvest late Aug; rye+vetch by mid-Sep; leaching −39 to −54 %
• F15 confirmed Humus ledger figures (cabbage −1000, potato −760, rye −280, lupin +160, clover 600–1400; −75 kg floor)
• F16 amended Clubroot spores 10–20 yrs, 4–6 yr pause, lime to pH 7.2, no mustard/radish covers
• F17 confirmed Rhizoctonia (black scurf) 3-yr gap, 20–25 °C optimum, worse cool/wet/compacted
• F18 confirmed Rye allelopathy suppresses small seeds for weeks; carrots two years from rye; fresh dung forks carrots
• F19 confirmed Von Sengbusch, Müncheberg 1928, screened ~1.5 million plants for alkaloid-free lupins; sweet white/yellow lost to anthracnose late 1990s; blue survives (Haags Blaue, Boregine, …
• F20 confirmed Lupin sowing mid-Mar–early Apr, 70–100 plants/m², Haags Blaue 8.4 g/100 seeds → ~7 g/m²
• F21 confirmed Crimp rye/vetch at anthesis (≥50 %, before milk), late May; transplant through mat
• F24 confirmed Carrot bed 2–3 cm tillage, Apr–Jul sowing; Landsberger Gemenge 20–35 dt/ha DM by spring
• F30 unresolved Winter wheat "frequently fails" on sand vs 26/27 treat as routine; rye premier
• F73 confirmed Summer grains: millet sown 20 May to 5 June, 75 to 90 days, 1.5 to 2.8 t/ha, 250 to 300 kg water per kg; hulless barley 20 March to 10 April, 95 to 110 days, 2.2 to 3.5; oats 25 …

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