Why are onions planted in places where legumes used to grow?

06.12.2024 22:14

Whether onions will yield a good harvest depends not least on the planting location.

We'll tell you which crops are best planted after onions.

After which to plant onions

Onions are quite unpretentious in terms of predecessors. However, there are still some rules that should be followed when choosing a place to plant this crop.

Good predecessors for onions are legumes, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage and beets.

All these vegetables do not have common diseases and pests with onion crops.

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You cannot plant onions after garlic and other onions, as well as after sunflowers and corn, as they greatly deplete the soil.

In addition, you should not plant essential oil plants near onions - basil, dill, parsley, lemon balm, mint, etc. They will suppress the onions.

Timur Khomichev Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor