Sowing winter onions should be made taking into account crop rotation on the site. Planting planning will increase yield and avoid soil depletion. About the characteristic features of the vegetable, as well as after which it can be planted, is in our material.

Culture characteristic

Before you find out whether it is possible to plant the plant in question after carrots, you need to familiarize yourself with its features. Description and general characteristics of both cultures read below.

Did you know? Onions contain more sugar than apples and pears.

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Onion is a biennial herbaceous culture belonging to the Amaryllis family. It is characterized by a root system in the form of a bulb of round or oblong shape with shortened, suction roots on the bottom, it is covered with purple, yellow or white scales. Sheet plates - basal, belt-shaped. The stalk is thickened, can reach 1 m in height. The flowers are small, on elongated pedicels, collected in umbrella inflorescences.

Before winter, not all varieties can be sown, but only specially bred hybrids that have the ability to survive the winter cold in a small daylight hours.

The most popular winter varieties:

• Radar;
• Shakespeare;
• Ellan;
• Sturon.

These varieties are characterized by excellent seed germination, good yield and winter hardiness up to -25 ° C. Regardless of the variety of winter onions, the size of its fruits is always larger than that of summer onions, their mass reaches 300 g. Due to the early ripening of winter sowing, in spring you can collect greens from crops.

Carrots

Carrots are a biennial culture belonging to the family umbelliferous, order umbelliferous. It has an oblong root crop of orange color. Leaf rosette pinnate. The inflorescence is presented in the form of an umbrella containing up to 15 flowers.

Carrot is a food crop that is used in cooking, and root crops are used as animal feed.

Is it possible to plant winter onions after carrots

Carrots are a crop, after which you can plant any vegetation, and onions are no exception. These species grow well together. The mutually beneficial coexistence of these crops lies in their ability to protect each other from pests. So, planting onions after carrots will help to avoid the invasion of harmful insects, as well as increase yields.

After what crops it is better to plant onions in the winter

Plants where the vegetable will be planted should be grown in a well-lit area. The soil must be enriched with potassium and phosphorus.

Important! It is preferable to grow this culture in a well-fertilized area, so you should not plant the vegetable after vegetation that depletes the soil.

• The most suitable precursors are plants from the solanaceous family and siderata, such as:
• cucumbers
• legumes;
• Tomatoes
• potatoes;
• dill and parsley;
• radish and radish;
• mustard and oats.

Crops after which onion is not recommended

Following the basic rules of crop rotation, vegetation that is exposed to the same diseases and pests should not be grown in the same place, and early ripening should not be planted after late ripening plants. Do not sow the vegetable in place of vegetation that consumes the same nutrients.

• Plants, after which you should not plant a vegetable:
• garlic;
• sunflower;
• corn;
• alfalfa.

Useful tips gardeners

Recommendations of experienced gardeners:

1. Landing is carried out 3 weeks before the onset of frost.
2. The planting process can be carried out at temperatures from + 5 ° C in dry, calm weather.
3. If the vegetable is planted in the soil after potatoes, then the soil should be thoroughly disinfected to avoid infection with a nematode.
4. The best soil to grow is loam with neutral acidity.
5. The soil for planting the crop in question should begin to be prepared immediately after the harvest of carrots. Dig the soil to a depth of 30 cm and make organic fertilizers in the form of rotted manure (5 kg / 1 m²) and wood ash (200 g / 1 m²).

Important! For fertilizing plants, you should not use nitrogen-containing fertilizing, because they will provoke undesirable growth in the winter.

When planting plants, it is important to consider crop rotation rules, which will help reduce soil depletion. Onions grow well in areas after solanaceous crops, which contributes to an increase in its yield.