Pulled up my rusty garlic today. What to plant there now?

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Trying to work out what veg to plant in the ground now. Googled but no advice. This wet weather was just too much, I am disappointed but hey ho. 40 small bulbs is still 40 small bulbs.
So, green fingered ones, what is the opposite of alliums?
Or do I leave the ground to rest for a few years?
I have read that beans, peas, corn, grass etc are fair game to rust and to avoid them for 3 years.
The soil is very enriched with helpful and obliging Guinea Pig's compost of manure/hay/sawdust etc for years. So not carrots.

What about potatoes?

Forgot the crucial part! Doh!
South Wales UK, sunny 10am to sunset.
(When the sun comes out)

This time of year it is all about courgettes, pumpkins, beans, sweetcorn for sowing. Or tomatoes if you can grow them outdoors and can get the plants that are about 6 inches or more tall.

I wouldn't put potatoes in now, unless you can find some first or second earlies which will be ready in 12-14 weeks.

I'm not taking my garlic out til the end of june, they are ridiculously rusty but this month is the month that the bulbs fatten up.

Sorry for the ignorance- what does rusty garlic mean?

Rust is a fungal disease that alliums are particularly prone to. The leaves literally look rusty. With this last winter, it is no surprise that the garlic has it.

Aah, had a quick google too, had not heard of this before!

Well, seems that one has given me a miss…..so far.

Garlic stems are looking very fat - hoping I’ll get fat bulbs. Followed a YouTuber in soaking the cloves in a baking soda/ liquid seaweed solution before planting and hope that’s worked some magic.

Ooh can you link the video? I’ve never done that.

I didn’t use humid acid though 😂