What to Plant After Potatoes: 10 Delicious Options

Wondering what to plant after potatoes? There are several factors to consider including crop rotation and the time of year. Crop rotation is a key strategy for reducing pest and disease problems, as well as nutrient depletion. The other point to keep in mind is timing. Potatoes can be dug in mid to late summer as a new potato crop or left to mature for a fall harvest of storage spuds. When you harvest your potatoes can influence what you next plant in the bed. Below I share my ten favorite vegetables to plant after potatoes to help you grow a healthy and productive garden.

Potatoes, a member of the Solanacae family, are an easy vegetable to grow and thrive when planted in a sunny site with fertile, well-draining soil. However, potato plants are prone to diseases like early blight, late blight, white mold, and Verticillium wilt. They can also be attacked by pests like Colorado potato beetles, wireworms, and the dreaded flea beetle. These pests and diseases also affect related crops like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.

When deciding what to plant after potatoes, you’ll want to practice crop rotation to reduce the chance of these problems. Crop rotation is the practice of following a group of vegetables with a different group of vegetables from season to season or year to year. More on crop rotation strategies below.

Timing also comes into play when thinking about what to plant after potatoes. Are you trying to figure out what to plant the year after growing potatoes in a bed? Or are you wondering if you still have enough time left in your current growing season to get a second crop from that space? I’m a savvy succession planter and like to follow one crop with